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Australia’s forests and forestry glossary

Variable retention

A native forest silvicultural system alternative to clearfelling, that is designed to meet both harvest objectives and ecological objectives through the retention of trees within an area planned for harvest, with the amount and configuration of retention dependent upon the silvicultural objectives for the stand.

See Aggregated retention, Clearfelling, Harvesting, Silvicultural system.

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