forestry: Quick Facts

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Oct. 22, 2026

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Logging in Borneo

Gifford Pinchot

Putoran Mountains

Clusters of orange dates hang from the crown of a date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) with long green fronds against a blue sky.

Asian longhorned beetle

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Topics

skidding felling urban forestry prescribed fire Agroforestry clear-cutting reforestation coppice national forest silviculture gardening horticulture Agricultural economics pedology Agronomy floriculture Animal husbandry viticulture Irrigation Drainage

Key People

Norman Borlaug

Norman Ernest Borlaug

American scientist

Gifford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot

American conservationist

Matthew, Patrick

Patrick Matthew

Scottish landowner and agriculturalist