Editing Forestry (section)

=== Forestry as a science ===
Over the past centuries, [[silviculture|forestry]] was regarded as a separate science. With the rise of [[ecology]] and [[environmental science]], there has been a reordering in the applied sciences. In line with this view, forestry is a primary land-use science comparable with [[agriculture]].<ref>Wojtkowski, Paul A. (2002) Agroecological Perspectives in Agronomy, Forestry and Agroforestry. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, NH, 356p.</ref> Under these headings, the fundamentals behind the management of natural forests comes by way of natural ecology. Forests or tree plantations, those whose primary purpose is the extraction of forest products, are planned and managed to utilize a mix of ecological and [[Biodiversity in agriculture|agroecological]] principles.<ref>Wojtkowski, Paul A. (2006) Undoing the Damage: Silviculture for Ecologists and Environmental Scientists. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, NH, 313p.</ref> In many regions of the world there is considerable conflict between forest practices and other societal priorities such as water quality, watershed preservation, sustainable fishing, conservation, and species preservation.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Fishes and forestry : worldwide watershed interactions and management|date=2004|publisher=Blackwell Science|others=Northcote, T. G., Hartman, G. F.|isbn=978-0-470-99524-2|location=Oxford, UK|oclc=184983506}}</ref>