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Welcome to WikiProject Forestry! This project is focused on organizing and improving articles on the science, profession and practice of forestry, including those on forests, forest ecology, forest products, deforestation and related topics.

Scope

This WikiProject covers everything related to the profession, science and practice of forestry around the world.

Project pages analysis

Goals

Increase depth and scope of articles related to forestry on Wikipedia
Improve quality of forestry articles, with reliably-cited claims
Bring key forestry articles to Good article status or above
Provide a scientific base while conveying technical information that is accessible to the general public
Counter systematic bias on Wikipedia by strengthening coverage of forestry-related topics around the world

Project tasks

Watch forestry articles assessed under AlexNewArtBot (see below)
Develop forest history articles
Move images hosted on Wikipedia to the Wikimedia Commons if not already done so
Create and maintain forestry-related categories in the Commons
Increase and maintain links between articles in other language Wikipedias. Those with good forestry coverage include:

* French - see fr:Portail:Bois et forêt and fr:Catégorie:Sylviculture

* German - see de:Wikipedia:WikiProjekt Forstwirtschaft

Alerts

The article alerts list provides information on which forestry-related Wikipedia articles are subject to various discussions, including peer review requests, or are in need of urgent assistance and/or review. Did you know

27 Sep 2026 – Nyírmártonfalva canopy walkway (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by Kovcszaln6 (t · c); see discussion

Articles for creation

16 Sep 2026 – Draft:John F. Siau (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by G-Lignum (t · c)
12 Sep 2026 – Draft:Money Hill Plantation (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Kern River 1234 (t · c)
03 Jul 2026 – Draft:Nida Collado (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by Thebirbeater (t · c)

Good articles

Please add any new forestry-related Good articles to this list. They can always be improved, so feel free to update them with reliably-cited facts.

Tree 2014
Pine processionary 2021
Oak 2023
Pine 2025
Conifer 2025
Spruce 2025
Fir 2025
Larch 2025
Common pine sawfly 2025
European spruce bark beetle 2025

New articles

Please feel free to improve these new forestry-related articles, listed below from AlexNewArtBot/ForestrySearchResult.

This list was generated from these rules. Questions and feedback are always welcome! The search is being run daily with the most recent ~14 days of results. Note: Some articles may not be relevant to this project.

Rules | Match log | Results page (for watching) | Deleted articles | Last updated: 2026-10-19 19:09 (UTC)

Note: The list display can now be customized by each user. See List display personalization for details.

Devyani Singh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Devyani Singh (Q130621276) ) by Dan Carkner (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-10-18, score: 30

Draft:Natural Resource Modeling (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by MATThematical2 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-10-18, score: 30

Karhutla (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | WikiProject Forestry (Q15304994) ) by Boassbbg (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-10-17, score: 30

Toshimitsu Funabashi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Toshimitsu Funahashi (Q11614128) ) by Samoht27 (talk · contribs · new pages (2)) started on 2026-10-16, score: 30

Draft:Fred W. Bessette (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Talthiel (talk · contribs · new pages (8)) started on 2026-10-12, score: 30
Draft:Densiometer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Pppery (talk · contribs · new pages (92)) started on 2026-10-11, score: 30

Claudelice Silva dos Santos (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools | Claudelice Silva dos Santos (Q79112256) ) by Animaliak (talk · contribs · new pages (11)) started on 2026-10-11, score: 25
Draft:Horqin Sandy Land (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Srr9810 (talk · contribs · new pages (4)) started on 2026-10-11, score: 30
Draft:California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by GregMcCollum (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-10-10, score: 45

Template:Academic journals by topic (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Wikideas1 (talk · contribs · new pages (26)) started on 2026-10-10, score: 30

Draft:OPISAC Global (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by AriuCH (talk · contribs · new pages (84)) started on 2026-10-08, score: 25
Draft:Leonid Yakovlevich Rappoport (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by V88315 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-10-07, score: 30
Draft:Leordina–Luhi narrow-gauge railway (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) by Swissdiepie (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-10-07, score: 30

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