CHAPTER 13
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CLEAR-CUTTING
A logging practice in which all the trees in a stand of forest are cut, leaving just the stumps.
CONSERVATION EASEMENT
A legal agreement that protects privately owned forest, rangeland, or other property from development for a specified number of years.
DEFORESTATION
The temporary or permanent clearance of large expanses of forest for agriculture or other uses.
DESERTIFICATION
Degradation of once fertile rangeland or tropical dry forest into nonproductive desert.
HABITAT CORRIDOR
A protected zone that connects isolated unlogged or undeveloped areas.
MONOCULTURE
Ecological simplification in which only one type of plant is cultivated over a large area.
OVERGRAZING
A situation that occurs when too many grazing animals consume the plants in a particular area, leaving the vegetation destroyed and unable to recover.
RANGELAND
Grassland area that is not intensively managed and is used for grazing livestock.
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
The use and management of forest ecosystems in an environmentally balanced and enduring way.
WILDERNESS
A protected area of land in which no human development is permitted.