Clearcutting
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Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down. Along with shelterwood and seed tree harvests, it is used by foresters to create certain types of forest ecosystems and to promote select species.
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See also
- Clearcutting in British Columbia
- Land clearing in Australia
- Even-aged timber management
- List of tree species by shade tolerance – shade intolerant and some intermediate species are primarily regenerated with clearcuts
- Seed production and gene diversity
- Deforestation
- Amazon rainforest
- Deforestation and climate change
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