The Multilingual Forestry Glossary is a collection of established international English forestry terms and their translation into other languages. The aim is to provide a tool for stakeholders (e.g. policy makers, academia, industry & the public) that will contribute towards a common understanding of forestry terminology.
The current topics covered by the Glossary are “coppice, forest energy & forest mechanisation”. However, the mid-term aim is that the glossary will take on a broader scope and be continuously maintained in the future. The authors are also open to combining efforts with other existing glossaries – interested parties should please use the “Contact” page to initiate an exchange on this topic.
A good example of a term with varying national definitions is "forest". The Glossary description of "forest" is "Forest land including trees, other vegetation and fauna spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use". However, many countries have a national definition that has a different height in meters, or percent of canopy cover. This should be kept in mind when using the glossary; users will hopefully become more aware of potential communication difficulties in international settings.
To reach a certain letter in the list (under the "Glossary" page, one can press "Shift + first letter").
Please visit the "Downloads" page for an offline version of the Glossary that you can download and use offline at home. You will need to check back with this website for updates.