Elsevier's Dictionary of Forestry

This is a translation dictionary with 9,800 terms in English, with in some cases a very brief definition, and the equivalent term in German, French and Russian.

The problem with forestry is the meaning of the term itself. When I was at the Department of the Environment I reviewed a dictionary of forestry terms that covered the concept of forestry as the fostering of game animals and related rights over the use of forest products. This is the traditional meaning of the term. This book covers the management of trees including pests and diseases and the processes of converting wood...