Glossary
- agroforestry
- An agricultural system that integrates harvestable trees with ground crops and/or pastureland
- Alienable and Disposable Lands (A&D)
- areas of the public domain which are available for private ownership
- assisted natural regeneration
- the human protection of natural seedlings from undergrowth and flammable plants to assist their growth
- Certificate of Ancestral Domain
- a claim (CADC) or title (CADT) under the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 which seeks to recognizes and protects the rights of indigenous people to their customary lands
- dipterorcarp
- member of the Dipterocarpaceae, a dominant family of tree species found in Asian lowland forest that have long been valued for their timber
- exotic species
- plants or animals that have been introduced into a given region from elsewhere
- framework species method
- an approach to forest restoration that relies on the planting of particular species, such as those used by seed dispersers, to promote natural succession
- forest restoration
- steps taken to return a deforested or degraded area to a more natural or historical condition
- native species
- plants or animals that are the original inhabitants of a given region
- Rainforestation
- an approach designed in the Philippines to restore forest land using native species of trees
- reforestation
- the restocking of existing forestlands that been depleted through logging and other extractive activities, typically with exotic species