Scotland's Forestry Strategy 2019-2029: consultation draft

Glossary

Ancient woodland: An area of woodland that has been in continuous existence since before 1750.

Ancient semi-natural woodland: Ancient woodland comprising mainly locally native trees and shrubs that have naturally regenerated, rather than been planted.

Biorefinery: A biorefinery is a facility that integrates biomass conversion processes and equipment to produce fuels, power, heat, and value-added chemicals from biomass.

Biosecurity: In the content of this strategy, biosecurity refers to a set of preventative measures designed to reduce the risk of transmission of tree pests and diseases.

Cellulosic plastics: Plastics based on cellulose derived from trees and other plants.

Ecosystem services: The variety of goods and services upon which people depend, and that arise from ecosystems.

Forest: Land predominantly covered in trees (defined as land under stands of trees with a canopy cover of at least 20%).

Forestry: The science and art of planting, managing and caring for forests.

Forestry sector: The forestry sector comprises tree nurseries, businesses focused on planting, managing and harvesting, as well as wood fibre processors of all scales.

Full-time equivalent: Is a unit of measurement equal to one employee working a full-time job over a specified time period.

Genomic selection: Is a form of "Selective tree breeding" (see below) that potentially achieves faster, lower cost and more accurate predictions by using all genes (or markers) as predictors of performance, rather than just a few, which has traditionally been the case.

Green network: Functionally connected greenspaces (see below).

Greenspace: Any vegetated land (or water) in, or adjoining, an urban area. Can include: derelict, vacant and contaminated land; natural and semi-natural habitats; green corridors - paths, disused railway lines, rivers and canals; amenity parks, gardens, play areas and outdoor sports facilities; as well as cemeteries, allotments and countryside.

Gross Value Added (GVA): The value of goods and services produced in an area, industry or sector of an economy as calculated by subtracting intermediate consumption from total output.

Low-carbon economy: An economy in which less energy and resources are used.

Native forests and woodlands: Woodland that wholly or mainly comprises species that colonised Scotland after the last Ice Age and before human influence on natural processes became significant.

Natural assets: The individual components that together form natural capital (see below). These features of the natural environment consist of raw materials (timber, minerals, energy sources), biological assets (produced or wild), land and water areas with their ecosystems, subsoil assets and air. "Ecosystem services" can be derived from natural assets.

Natural capital: The environmental resources (e.g. plants, animals, air, water, soils) that combine to yield a flow of benefits to people.

Remote sensing: The practice of obtaining information about objects or areas from a distance, typically from aircraft or satellites.

Selective tree breeding: Is the application of genetic, reproductive biology and economics principles to the genetic improvement and management of trees.

Telematics: Describes the integrated use of communications and information technology to transmit, store and receive information from telecommunications devices to remote objects over a network. Amongst other things, it can be used to control vehicles remotely or track their location.

Urban forestry: The care and management of trees and forests in and around urban areas for the purpose of improving the urban environment for the people and wildlife that live there.

Woodland: See "Forest" above.

Wood fibre: An umbrella term for all of the types of products derived from the woody part of a tree including sawn timber and chips.