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Tall poppy syndrome is a term which originated in Australia and New Zealand in the 1980s that refers to people with notable public success, who excessively promote their own achievements and opinions. [1] [2] Intense scrutiny and criticism of such a person is termed as "cutting down the tall poppy". [3]
Tree sitting is a form of environmentalist civil disobedience in which a protester sits in a tree, usually on a small platform built for the purpose, to protect it from being cut down (speculating that loggers will not endanger human lives by cutting an occupied tree). Supporters usually provide the tree sitters with food and other supplies.
Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down. Along with shelterwood and seed tree harvests , it is used by foresters to create certain types of forest ecosystems and to promote select species [ 1 ] that require an abundance of sunlight or grow in ...
With development ongoing throughout the Myrtle Beach area, trees are being cut down in Surfside Beach along US Highway 17. ... heavy equipment piling the dead trunks into tall mounds.
Note: Cut down on Feb 14, 1893, and measured on the ground by lumbermen [31] [32] [33] Lynn Valley Tree: Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 126.5 415 Canada Lynn Valley, British Columbia Note: Cut down in 1902 and measured on the ground by property owner [34] Mineral Tree Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 119.786 393.00 United States
Therefore, for most people, the physical size of the trees is the most recognized hallmark of old-growth forests, even though the ecologically productive areas that support such large trees often comprise only a very small portion of the total area that has been mapped as old-growth forest. [24] (In high-altitude, harsh climates, trees grow ...
Tree plantations (carried out in order to produce wood and wood-pulp products; this can be seen as an alternative to cutting down naturally-occurring forests). However, the term afforestation can also "imply the intentional conversion of native non-forest ecosystems to exotic tree cover and violate biodiversity safeguards".
In some protected niches, oak and beech trees did grow to 20–25 feet tall and were often cut when about 50 years of age for fence posts and firewood. A period of intense cutting of the remaining oak and beech trees of this size and age has been identified in the late 19th century. [3]