| Term | Definition |
|---|
| piecework | work that is done and paid for by the piece |
| silviculture | the science of breeding and developing healthy trees |
| to generalize | to draw a conclusion from many pieces of information |
| renewable resource | a resource that can be replaced, for example, trees |
| non-renewable resource | a resources that can be used up, for example, a mineral deposit |
| hydroelectric power | electricity produced by the power of rushing water |
| merchantable timber | marketable timber |
| value-added | economic value added through secondary production |
| competitive bidding | making an offer to buy something that other people also want to buy |
| allowable annual cut | the number of trees that can be legally cut down in a year |
| sustained yield | the number of trees that can be replaced by new growth |
| genetic alteration | changing trees through grafting |
| ecosystem | a community and its envrionment functioning as an exological unit |
| watershed | an imaginary line between two drainage basins |
| quota | a set limit |
| eco-tourism | a sector of the tourist industry that focuses on wilderness areas |
| clear-cuts | areas in which almost allthe trees have been removed in one cut |
| selective logging | the process whereby mature or diseased trees are removed, leaving the younger trees to grow to maturity |
| plankton | small plant and animal organisms that float in the water |
| license buyback | government purchases the licences it has sold |
| farmed salmon | salmon raised in pens in the water |
| wetland | an area containing much soil moisture, for example, a swamp |
| aquifer | an underground water source usually composed of saturated sand and gravel deposits |
| dumping | the quick selling of suplus products at a greatly reduced price |
| marketing board | a government group that regulates the selling of products to protect a region's economic interests |
| tenant farmers | people who farm rented land |
| unprocessed | in their raw form, not processed |
| seam | a layer of mineral |
| open-pit mining | amining operation that uncovers a mineral deposit by means of excavation a hole |
| bedrock | solid rock underneath looser materials such as soil |
| tailings | waste left after the mining process |
| information technology | the use or study of systems that store, send, and collect information |
| built-out | left with no land for homes |
| condominium hotel | a building with units for sale, but one that also offers hotel services |
| multiplier effect | the total impact on an economy that results when one sector expands |
| labour intensive | requiring a lot of personnel and/or time to do the job |
| cost of living | what it costs to live in an area |
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