Native or remnant vegetation management
Land Practice
In this context, native or remnant vegetation refers to all native vegetation including trees, shrubs, grasses, vines, etc. Native or remnant vegetation management has ultimate implications for maintenance of productive capacity and ecology of the land and landscape processes.
Native or remnant vegetation management may involve the management activities of:
- Clear-felling or coupe logging
- Clearing firebreaks
- Clearing of vegetation
- Revegetation/rehabilitation
- Retention of native vegetation
- Selective logging
- Thinning of woody regrowth
Last updated: 07 September 2010