“Forest”

Do you you know what is a forest? I'm pretty much sure that you have a idea of a forest, but can you define it? Precisely it would be a somewhat difficult isn't it? So this is how they have define Forest.

“Forest” an area of land of at least 0.05–1.0 ha with tree crown cover (or equivalent stocking level) of more than 10–30 percent, with trees with the potential to reach a minimum height of 2–5 metres at maturity.

A forest may consist either of closed forest formations where trees of various storeys and undergrowth cover a high proportion of the ground or open forest. Young natural stands and all plantations which have yet to reach a crown density of 10–30 per cent or tree height of 2–5 metres are included under forest, as are areas normally forming part of the forest area which are temporarily unstocked as a result of human intervention such as harvesting or natural causes but which are expected to revert to forest.

[Definition of Forest as in the Kyoto Protocol]