Forestry is a field of economic activity engaged in the cultivation, protection and use of forest resources; and a scientific discipline that studies methods of growing, improving, and increasing the productivity of forests. Theory and practice of cultivation and sustainable use of forests in order to meet the needs for wood and other forest products, as well as to improve the forest and increase its water conservation, protection, environment-forming and social functions. It has an economic, environmental and social aspect.

The theoretical basis of forestry is forest science. Forest and Knowledge) - Forest Science

Forest resources are the aggregate of wood and non-wood forest products.

Modern forestry deals with the problems of growing forests for the production of raw wood, preserving wildlife habitats, regulating the quality of natural water sources, and restoring forests and natural landscapes. As a result of the restoration of forests, the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere decreases.

Forests are one of the most important components of the Earth's biosphere, and forestry is a key link in the scientific study and use of this resource.

Aims and objectives

In the process of growing plantations, forestry provides for thinning, thinning, measures to increase forest productivity, measures to form the species and quality composition of forest stands, optimal for the performance of the functions assigned to the plantation.

In most countries of the world, public expenditure on forestry exceeds its revenues. On average, worldwide revenues from forests amount to about $4.5 per day. USD 1 per hectare — from $1 per hectare. in Africa, up to $6 per annum. The United States in Europe. Expenditure averages $7.5 per annum. United States.