Result from secondary ecological succession. Develop after the trees in an area have been removed by human activities, or by natural forces.
Governments or private organizations pay governments or landowners in other nations to preserve their land’s natural resources for a set amount of time.
Temporary or permanent removal of large expanses of forest for agriculture, settlements, or other uses.
Uncut or regenerated forest not seriously disturbed by human activities or natural disasters for 200 years or more. Also called primary forest.
Arrangement in which participating countries act as custodians of protected forest reserves in return for foreign aid or debt relief.
Contains only one or two species of trees that are all the same age. Compare old-growth forest, second-growth forest.
Carefully planned and controlled fire that removes flammable small trees and underbrush in the highest-risk forest areas.
Old-growth Forest
Conservation Concession
Second-growth Forest
Deforestation
Prescribed Burn
Tree Plantation
Debt-for-Nature Swap
