(n.) A large, strong rope, reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit, to support the mast. See Illust. under Ship.
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Forestry
Definition:
(n.) The art of forming or of cultivating forests; the management of growing timber.
Example Sentences:
(1) Headache and vertigo were not linked with exposure to vibration in forestry and a significant part of the numbness reported may be due to the carpal tunnel syndrome.
(2) Indonesia has greatly under-reported how much primary rainforest it is cutting down, according to the government's former head of forestry data gathering.
(3) "Decisions are being rushed, communities are not consulted or compensated and the lure of money from cutting emissions is overiding everything," says Rosalind Reeve of forestry watchdog group Global Witness.
(4) The control group consisted of 136 forestry workers non-exposed to vibration.
(5) There's also a new edict from the central forestry ministry whereby communities will be able to bulldoze up to a fifth of the forest in their locality for agriculture or plantation use.
(6) They will still be an important part of British woodlands, but we will be favouring the broadleaved trees in many areas," said Peter Brett, operations manager for the Forestry Commission in Dorset.
(7) The present study aimed at evaluating the aerobic capacities of forestry workers and the physical demands of their occupation.
(8) Rice is the staple crop, and climate change risks the food security of thousands of villages,” says Chay Bounphanousay, deputy director of Laos’s National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute , where scientists and growers are working to develop new rice varieties that can withstand drought, floods and heat waves.
(9) The government argues there are more than 100 “degraded” areas from previous logging within the protected zone, meaning it should be opened up again to the forestry industry.
(10) The whole listing in 2013 by [former environment minister] Tony Burke and the Greens was an ideological one aimed to destroy the forestry industry.” Colbeck said the government “will look at the decision further from here” but added “I don’t think community values would accept logging in wilderness World Heritage areas.
(11) "We are going to have to completely change our attitude to forestry and the environment," he told MPs at a meeting of the environment and rural affairs committee.
(12) Elevated specific antibody levels increased significantly with the age of the forestry workers (p less than 0.0001) and the duration of occupational exposure to ticks (p = 0.0001).
(13) Companies should remove palm oil that is linked to destructive forestry practices from their supply chains by implementing ‘no-deforestation’ policies, or cancelling contracts if suppliers fail to act,” Turner said.
(14) Those set to benefit include senior members of the royal family and the Forestry Commission in Wales and Scotland.
(15) Three hundred and one men were grouped as cement factory workers, 649 were grouped as blue collar workers, 218 as white collar workers and 102 men had predominantly been occupied in farming, forestry and fishing.
(16) Peter Holmgren is director general of the Center for International Forestry Research .
(17) Thereafter, they have been used widely not only in forestry but also in agriculture, public engineering, etc.
(18) The panel has been asked to look at all areas of forestry in England, including increasing woodland cover, public access, protection of wildlife, the Forestry Commission and the public forest estate.
(19) Groups as diverse as the Socialist Workers party, the Greens, the forestry industry, horse riders and mountaineers have all rejected the idea outright, mostly fearing that the safeguards for access and wildlife would not be adequate.
(20) The government must set up an emergency summit bringing together representatives from all areas of forestry, plant health and conservation – because today it's ash, but tomorrow yet another of our precious native trees could be at risk."