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A forester is a person who is engaged in forestry by creating and managing forests. A decidous beech forest in Slovenia. ...


Many people confuse the role of the forester with that of the logger or the lumberjack, but most foresters are concerned not only with the harvest of timber, but also with the wise management of forests to (in the words of Gifford Pinchot) provide the greatest good for the greatest number in the long term. Another notable forester, Jack Westoby, remarked that forestry is concerned not with trees, but with how trees can serve people. A logger is someone who is employed in the logging industry to cut down and transport trees to market. ... Lumberjack is the traditional name of a person, almost always a man, who makes his living cutting down trees. ...


Notable foresters

Sir Dietrich Brandis (1824-1907) is considered the father of tropical forestry. ... Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert (August 29, 1619 – September 6, 1683) served as the French minister of finance for 22 years under King Louis XIV. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing and bringing the economy back from the brink of bankruptcy... John Evelyn (October 31, 1620 – February 27, 1706) was an English writer, gardener and diarist. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Georg Hartig. ... Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 - April 21, 1948) was a United States ecologist, forester, and environmentalist. ... Gifford Pinchot (August 11, 1865 – October 4, 1946) was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service (1905-1910) and the Republican Governor of Pennsylvania (1923-1927, 1931-1935). ... Christian Ditlev Frederik, Count Reventlow (1748-1827) was a Danish statesman and reformer, the son of Privy Councillor Christian Ditlev Reventlow, born on March 11, 1748. ... Dan Forester (b. ...

Notable forestry institutions (External links)

  • the Center for International Forestry Research
  • the International Union of Forest Research Organizations
  • FAO Forestry Department

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