Definitions for "Sustained yield"
The amount of renewable resources that can be produced continuously at a given intensity of management.
The yield a forest can produce in perpetuity at a given intensity of management without impairment of the land's productivity, with the intent that there will be balance between timber growth and harvesting on a sustainable basis.
In forestry, the annual volume of wood products that a forest can produce continuously under a given system.
The continuation of a healthy desired plant community.