Net down procedure
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Net down procedure
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The process of identifying the net land base, which is the numberof hectares of forest land which actually contribute to the allowable annual cut. Theprocess involves "netting down" the TSA gross area to the TSA gross forest area then tothe TSA net forest area. Areas and/or volumes are sequentially deleted or reduced fromthe gross land base for a number of considerations, including: private ownership, non-forest or non-productive, environmentally sensitive, unmerchantible and inaccessible. [Ministry of Forests -- Government of British Columbia]
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