A chief measure of price inflation is the inflation rate, the annualized percentage change in a general price index, usually the consumer price index, over time. The opposite of inflation is deflation. Inflation has affected many economies in various positive and negative ways.
forestry - the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber. undercut - a notch cut in the trunk of tree in order to determine the direction of its fall. biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms. silviculture - the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests. stool - (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings.
A forest is a large area of land covered with trees or other woody vegetation. Hundreds of more precise definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing and ecological function.uch definitions typically define a forest as an area growing trees above some threshold. These thresholds are typically the number of trees per area (density), the area of ground under the tree canopy (canopy cover) or the section of land that is occupied by the cross-section of tree trunks (basal area).