What does «forestal» mean in Spanish?
- That is related or pertaining to forests, or relating to the commercial harvesting of forests.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la reserva forestal no fue afectada por los incendios".
"el aprovechamiento forestal estuvo presente durante toda la historia de la humanidad".
"la producción forestal del país".
- (riqueza forestal) The set of resources and variety of trees in a region or country. The countries with the greatest forest wealth are Russia, Brazil, Canada, the United States and China.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la riqueza forestal de este pequeño país es sorprendemente amplia y variada".
- (cobertura forestal) Area endowed with trees that includes plantations for forestry or protection purposes. Also called forest cover.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la primera iniciativa en materia de cobertura forestal en nuestro país se realizó a en la década de 1980 como iniciativa de la FAO, a través de la oficina del Plan de Acción Forestal para Guatemala".
"la cobertura forestal del país se duplicó en los últimos 30 años".
- (incendio forestal) An igneous catastrophe that destroys wooded land; can be man-made or naturally occurring. When they are part of the natural cycle, they are biologically desirable because they make it possible to renew a piece of land.
Examples of use in Spanish: "fue un incendio forestal caracterizado por su rápida propagación".
- (macizo forestal) Mountain system populated by forests.
- (repoblación forestal) Techniques that increase or create forest mass in a region or terrain. Studied by forestry.
- (explotación forestal) Exploitation of the resources available in forests to obtain timber, rubber, cork, cinchona, tannin, etc. The main countries in the sector are India, the United States, China, Brazil, and Canada.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la ONU estima que la explotación forestal emplea a unas 14 millones de personas en todo el mundo".