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logging
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thumb|A Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus) being felled using springboards, , Australia thumb|McGiffert Log Loader in East Texas, US, alt=Lumber under snow in Montgomery, Colorado, 1880s|thumb|Lumber under snow in Montgomery, Colorado, 1880s Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used narrowly to describe the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lu
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- Logging
- catalog code
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- name
- Exploatarea forestieră
- NAF code v2
- 02.2
- International Standard Industrial Classification code Rev.4
- 022
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17 sectionsContents
- Clearcutting
- Other logging methods
- {{vanchor|Tree-length logging}} / stem-only harvesting
- {{Anchor|Full-tree logging|Whole-tree logging}} Whole-tree logging
- Cut-to-length logging
- Transporting logs
- Pre-1880s: Pre-Industrial Era
- 1880s to World War II: Railroad Logging Era
- Post-World War II: Modern Mechanized Logging
- Safety considerations
- Bioenergy
- Materials (biomass)
- Role of bioenergy
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|A Eucalyptus (Eucalyptus) being felled using springboards, , Australia thumb|McGiffert Log Loader in East Texas, US, alt=Lumber under snow in Montgomery, Colorado, 1880s|thumb|Lumber under snow in Montgomery, Colorado, 1880s Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used narrowly to describe the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard. In common usage, however, the term may cover a range of forestry or silviculture activities.
Logging is the beginning of a supply chain that provides raw material for many products societies worldwide use for housing, construction, energy, and consumer paper products. Logging systems are also used as a source of biomass, to manage forests, reduce the risk of wildfires, and restore ecosystem functions, though their efficiency for these purposes has been challenged.