IUFRO News has a new column which addresses on a regular basis the challenge of saying exactly what you mean and meaning what you say: we will provide definitions of emerging terms and inform on needs for clarification of forest terminology in issues related to the Editorial of IUFRO News.

If you are interested in definitions used in Scientific Summaries, the terminology initiatives in IUFRO - SilvaVoc and 6.03.02 - welcome your thoughts about the definition and the following questions:
- are the definitions provided all too encompassing, should they be more 'precise'?
- are there equivalent terms in the IUFRO official (French, Spanish, German) and other languages? If not, which one would you provide?

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The resulting definitions, language equivalents and/or summaries of discussion will be available in the IUFRO terminology database SilvaTerm.

• Ecological History: Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
• Ecosystem Services: Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
  
• Ecotourism: Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
  
• Greenhouse Gas Budget of Soils: Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
  
• Low-input Strategies in Tree Breeding: Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
  
• Knowledge Management:Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
• Ecosystem-based Forest Management: Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
• Dendrochronology:Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
• Forest Management: Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements
• Precision Forestry: Scientific Summary - Collection of Definitions or Related Elements