Definition: Sustainable forest management

Category: Forestry

Sustainable management means the stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in such a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, vitality and their potential to fulfil, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions, at local, national, and global levels, and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-31-11-137&mode=view