Sanitation harvest
In forestry and silviculture, a sanitation harvest or sanitation cutting is a harvest of trees for the purpose of removing insects or diseases from a stand of trees. Sanitation harvesting is used to prevent the diseases or pests from spreading to other nearby trees. It is a form of intermediate management and is used in order to improve an already existing stand of trees. See also
Forest pathology
Salvage logging
Silviculture

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Forest management