Reduced Impact Logging (RIL)
Definition
Logging techniques that result in significantly less damage to the surrounding forest and forest ecosystem. Examples of RIL include directional felling, trimming of inter-crown vines, and careful road planning.
Source
"Definitions and Jargon" Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD): A Casebook of On-the-Ground Experience. 2010. The Nature Conservancy, Conservation International and Wildlife Conservation Society. Arlington, Virginia. http://www.hedon.info/docs/REDD_Casebook-TNC-CIWCS.pdf
Alternative definition
The intensively planned and carefully controlled implementation of timber harvesting operations to minimize the environmental impact on forest stands and soils.
Alternative source
ITTO Web site, 2017 (http://www.itto.int/feature15/).