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managed forest

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noun

  1. a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It might be tempting to shrug off the increase in Lyme disease reports with a corresponding decrease in actively managed forest lands as a specious, inverse correlation.

From Slate • Aug. 28, 2018

The bulk of the 125,000-acre estate, in which Vanderbilt had experimented with America’s first managed forest, had to be sold off quickly.

From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2017

The company also said that 99 percent of the paper used in its packaging is either recycled or comes from "sustainably managed forest."

From The Verge • Mar. 21, 2016

I also allowed myself to buy paper products with the Forest Stewardship Council certification, because that label requires that the product be clearly traceable to a sustainably managed forest.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2016

The design was fairly simple, and the wood required was easily obtainable from the managed forest on the western side of the Protectorate.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

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