Term | Main definition |
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tanbark | |
tannin | Water-soluble chemicals extracted from barks. |
tension wood | Reaction formed typically on the upper side of branches or leaning or crooked stem of hardwood. |
tenure | Guaranteed peaceful possession and use of specific forest and land area and the resources found therein, covered by an agreement, contract or grant which cannot be altered or abrogated without due process. |
tenure migrants | Protected area occupants who have been actually, continuously and presently occupants who have been actually, continuously and presently occupying a portion of the protected area for five (5) years before the proclamation or law establishing the same as a protected area, and are solely dependent therein for subsistence. |
tenured migrant communities | Communities within protected areas, which have actually and continuously occupied such areas for 5 years before the designation of the same as protected areas in accordance with RA 7586 and resolvedly dependent therein for subsistence. |
texture | The size and proportional amount of woody elements. |
threatened species | Species or subspecies considered critically endangered, vulnerable, or other accepted categories of wildlife whose population is at risk of extinction. |
throughfall | Rainfall that falls directly through a vegetative canopy or is intercepted by vegetation and then drips to the ground. |
tiger grass | A member of the grass family where the inflorescent or flower stalks is used in making broom. |
timber | |
timber harvesting | Removal, extraction, or cutting of timber from natural or plantation forest for human consumption. |
Timber License Agreement | A long-term license executed by and between the Secretary of the DENR, on behalf of the government, and the grantee for the harvesting and removal from the public forest of timber and, in appropriate cases, also of other forest products. |
timber stand improvement | Treatments applied before or after harvesting and thinning of saleable products or a forest area, for the purpose of securing maximum, quantity, quality composition, growth rate and condition consistent with other resources and use. |
time immemorial |