Wikipedia:WikiProject Forestry/History of forestry

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Ancient

 * Primitive forestry - Should this perhaps be "primitive forest management"? -- Guettarda (talk)
 * Shifting cultivation
 * · Shifting cultivation under stress


 * History of forestry in China
 * ·Forestry in the Zhou Dynasty (Chow) (1045 - 256 BCE)
 * ·Forestry in the Qin Dynasty (Chin) (221 - 206 BCE)
 * ·Forestry in the Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Three Kingdoms (220 - 280 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Jin Dynasty (265 - 420 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (Sung) (420 - 589 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Sui Dynasty (581 - 618 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Liao Dynasty (907 – 1125 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Song Dynasty (960 – 1279 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644 A.D.)
 * ·Forestry in the Qing Dynasty (Ch'ing) (1644-1911)
 * ·Forestry in the Republic of China (1912-1949)

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 * Deforestation during the Roman period - I think of < > as some form of active or intentional forest management; perhaps there should be a separate page, History of deforestation -- DASonnenfeld (talk)
 * Deforestation of Babylon, Greece, Phonecia (Lebanon) and Italy

Early modern



 * Pre-mechanical forestry
 * Horse-drawn logging


 * History of forestry in Europe   See also: History of forestry education, below. DASonnenfeld
 * History of forestry in Austria-Hungary
 * History of forestry in France
 * Jean-Baptiste Colbert
 * History of forestry in Germany
 * History of forestry in Russia
 * See: A History of Russian Forestry and Its Leaders (1988)


 * History of forestry in Sweden


 * Naval forestry Absolutely no clue what to call this without it being long-winded, essentially would deal with the aims of forestry being the production of timber suitable for construction of naval ships (loosely tied to Colonial forestry)Minnecologies
 * Note: some good material on this topic in the book on History of Russian Forestry linked to above; see ch. 2. DASonnenfeld
 * Naval stores or should we just expand on this?
 * Naval stores industry
 * John Evelyn (1620-1706)


 * Colonial forestry or perhaps Imperial forestry ? Minnecologies (talk)
 * History of forestry in India
 * British timber trade some good background information in here. Minnecologies (talk)
 * History of forestry in Burma
 * History of forestry on Java
 * History of forestry in Trinidad and Tobago It's been on my 'to do' list for a long time, even if it doesn't actually have a major contribution to the main article-- Guettarda (talk)
 * History of forestry in Mexico

Modern

 * Forestry in Brazil
 * Forestry in Chile
 * Forestry in China - 1949 to present


 * Mechanized forestry
 * Sakari Pinomäki (?)


 * Scientific forestry
 * Selective forestry
 * Georg Ludwig Hartig (1764–1837)
 * Carl A. Schenck (1868–1955)
 * Walter Bitterlich (1908–2008)
 * Franklin Hough (1822–1885)
 * Bernhard Fernow (1851–1923)
 * Gifford Pinchot (1865–1946)
 * Wise use - as opposed to the environmental movement
 * Controlled burn
 * Heli-logging
 * Reafforestation
 * Plantation forestry


 * Tropical forestry
 * Dietrich Brandis (1824–1907)


 * Forestry during World War I
 * Theodore Salisbury Woolsey, Jr. (1880-1933) - used scientific forestry to help the French address their timber shortages during WWI (which helped them win)


 * Boreal forestry

Contemporary

 * Urban forestry


 * Plant a million trees


 * Environmental forestry
 * Forest aesthetics
 * Kenneth Dupee Swan (1887–1970)
 * George Perkins Marsh (1801-1882)
 * Robert Marshall (1901–1939)
 * Aldo Leopold (1887–1948)
 * Land ethic


 * Forest restoration
 * Analog forestry


 * Ecological forestry
 * Károly Bund (1869–1931)
 * Stephen C. Sillett (1968- )


 * Illegal logging in Madagascar

Topical

 * Water and Forests My specific love and hopefully one day an area of expertise. Minnecologies (talk)
 * Riparian buffer
 * Large woody debris
 * Coarse woody debris
 * Gallery forest
 * Forestry in the Alps

Forestry law

 * History of forestry laws
 * USA
 * Forest Reserve Act of 1891
 * Multiple Use – Sustained Yield Act of 1960 required multiple use of federal forest land
 * Organic Act of 1897
 * Right of Way Act of 1901 An Act Relating to rights of way through certain parks, reservations, and other public lands. H.R. 11973
 * Transfer Act of 1905 An Act Providing for the transfer of forest reserves from the Department of Interior to the Department of Agriculture. H.R. 8460, Public Resolution No. 34
 * American Antiquities Act of 1906
 * Appropriations Act Forbidding Further National Forests and renaming Forest Reserves to National Forests 1907 H.R. 24815, Public Act No. 242:2
 * Hong Kong
 * Forests and Countryside Ordinance
 * India
 * Indian Forest Act, 1927
 * Forest Rights Act (India)
 * International
 * International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1983
 * International Tropical Timber Agreement, 1994


 * Forest rights
 * Right of Way Act of 1901, USA, relating to rights of way through certain parks, reservations, and other public lands. H.R. 11973
 * Forest Rights Act (India)


 * Illegal logging

Forestry agencies

 * History of forestry agencies
 * Canadian Forest Service (Canada)
 * Indian Forest Service (India)
 * Corpo Forestale dello Stato (Italy)
 * Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan)
 * Korea Forest Service (S. Korea)
 * CONAFOR Comisión Nacional Forestal (Mexico)
 * New Zealand Forest Service (NZ)
 * Department of Forest Conservation (Sri Lanka)
 * Forestry Commission (United Kingdom)
 * United States Forest Service, History of the United States Forest Service (USA)

Forestry organizations

 * History of forestry organizations
 * Australian Forest History Society
 * European Forest Institute
 * Food and Agriculture Organization
 * Forest History Society
 * Forest Stewardship Council
 * International Tropical Timber Organization
 * International Union of Forest Research Organizations
 * Royal Forestry Society of England, Wales, and North Ireland
 * Society of American Foresters - possibly same tricky nuance here between forestry and forester - this actually raises a third, nuanced variation, < > advocacy -- DASonnenfeld (talk)

Forestry education

 * History of forestry education
 * History of forestry education in China


 * History of forestry education in Europe See also: History of forestry in Europe, above. DASonnenfeld


 * History of forestry education in Austria
 * History of forestry education in France
 * History of forestry education in Germany
 * History of forestry education in Russia
 * See: A History of Russian Forestry and Its Leaders (1988)


 * History of forestry education in the United Kingdom


 * History of forestry education in India
 * History of forestry education in Japan
 * History of forestry education in the United States


 * History of forestry schools


 * Biltmore Forest School
 * French National School of Forestry, Nancy, est. 1824
 * History of the Imperial Forestry Institute at Oxford
 * History of the New York State College of Forestry
 * History of the Pennsylvania Forestry Academy
 * Imperial Forestry School, Dehadrun, India
 * Mining and Forestry Academy, Schemnitz, Austria-Hungary
 * Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry
 * St. Petersburg Forestry Institute

Forestry as a profession

 * History of forestry as a profession

Forestry research

 * History of forestry research
 * Forest Research Institute Malaysia
 * Forest Products Laboratory USA

Forest advocacy

 * History of forest advocacy - tricky nuance here, between < > advocacy and < > advocacy; come to think of it, can't think of much forestry advocacy at all beyond forestry professional organizations -- DASonnenfeld (talk)

Forestry confererences

 * History of forestry conferences
 * World Forestry Congress

Science and Technology

 * History of silviculture Although there's definitely a difference between forestry and silviculture, I say we wait off on creating this article until after the two articles themselves evolve Minnecologies


 * History of forestry technology
 * History of the chainsaw
 * History of the crosscut saw
 * History of the mechanization of forestry
 * Use of remote sensing in forestry
 * Use of computer modeling in forestry

Individuals

 * History of foresters