Logging concerns the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumberyard. Methods include stem-only harvesting, whole-tree logging, and cut-to-length logging.

Forestry is the study of the complex interaction of climate, soils, rocks, water, animals, (including insects and fungi and plants as the defining elements of a natural forest, the management of the various components of the forest, the preservation of its' natural balance (of forests and the life forms they support) as well as the care of it to ensure its' wellbeing.

Sustainable forestry programs also make it possible for humans to get some economic value from the forest without hurting it in any way.