On Wed, Nov 1, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 01-Nov-17 09:24 AM, Stephane Goldstein wrote:
>
> B)
>> depreciate landuse=forest and introduce a clearly defined
>> landuse=forestry that only includes tree areas that produce base material
>> for human use.
>>
>
> Managed forest for product harvesting  are commonly identified as
> Plantations,
>
>
> Possibly in your area of the world.
> But not in Australia.
>

I live in Tasmania, and work in forestry.
http://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/forestsaustralia/profiles/industrial-plantations


>
> My Dictionary says plantation means;
> 1) a farm or estate, especially in a tropical or sub tropical country, on
> which cotton, tabacco, coffee, sugar or the like is cultivated, usually by
> resident labours.
> 2) a group of planted trees or plants
> [late ME from planting]
>
>
> which I think would be most appropriate term for landuse tag in that case.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantation
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse%3Dplantation
>
>
> Those too include things other than trees, and even with trees they don't
> exclude trees not intended for production of material for human use.
>
>
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