timber is harvested and grown from forests known as plantation forests
Timber is considered renewable because it comes from forests that can be replanted and grown again. As long as forests are managed sustainably and trees are replanted, timber can be continually harvested without depleting the resource.
The difference between 1999 and 2001 is an increase of 278.
Timber is also the South's largest agricultural product.
It means that timber is harvested from trees which are replaced and does not contribute to deforestation.
reaped, gathered, picked
No. Only things that are grown are harvested. Asbestos is a mineral and is mined.
Wood from timber lands must be harvested to comply with current legislation on planetary protection. Usually for every tree harvested for timber three more are planted in the place of it.
Yes, both in the forests and at the lumber yard.
Plantation timber is the trees typically of one species, that are planted to be commercially harvested. The production of plantation timber is done by cultivating and managing the trees on an area of agricultural land.
In North America, wheat is harvested in the fall. In the Mediterranean, wheat is harvested in late winter to early spring.
Forest timber is common myth that the only way to get wood is by logging native forests whereas Plantation timber is another way of obtaining wood and that is by harvesting it from plantations. For more information please visit the link "Plantation vs Forest timber"
A vast majority of the commercially harvested teak is grown in Indonesia. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (formerly Burma) is also a major exporter.