The word forestry comes from the Latin word "silva" which means "jungle", "cole" means "to cultivate" plus the suffix "ura" which is the "activity resulting from the action" in the real academy they define it as "cultivation of the forests or mountains ”or“ science that deals with this crop ”. Silviculture is about caring for forests, hills or mountains, as well as the techniques that are applied to forest masses in order to obtain from them a long and sustainable production of goods and services demanded by society.
This science can be diagnosed as silvicultural treatments, where the objective is to guarantee two basic principles as well as tenacity and improvement of the mass and multiple use. The forester applies various silvicultural methods depending on what he wants to achieve, which can be such as wood, firewood, fruits, environmental quality.
That is why it can be said that forestry has always been oriented towards the conservation of the environment and nature, the protection of hydrographic basins, the maintenance of pastures for livestock and the public function of forests.
The productivity of a mass in forestry can be divided into two parts, such as direct production and indirect production.
The direct production, here are the timber that are what give useful timber for constructions and non - timber that are the products of raw materials within them are the wood, wood, cork, resin, hunting, among others.
The indirect production, are products produced by the masses as the consolidation carbon, the provision of the hydrological cycle, biodiversity, among others.
