- Continuous Cover Forestry
- Why publish a circular on Continuous Cover Forestry?
- Aims of the circular and this document
- Measure 1: Applying irregular high forest management and achieving or maintaining a mixture of species
- Measure 2: Achieving or maintaining an optimal basal area allowing the forest ecosystem to function well
- Measure 3: Harvesting Large Wood at target diameter and thinning Small Wood and pole size material
- Measure 4: Regenerating the stands naturally, without sacrificing harvesting potential . Using natural regeneration in all its diversity
- Measure 5: Letting the process of species succession take place
- Measure 6: Bringing up seedlings under the canopy and using the natural tree pruning and quality improvement processes
- Measure 7: Favouring scarce indigenous species
- Measure 8: Focusing production on quality Large Wood
- Measure 9: Giving trees of value the necessary space and positioning to ensure their good development
- Measure 10: Maintaining or restoring the forest/game balance to ensure the regeneration and permanence of endemic forest species
- Food patches and feeding
- Enrichment planting by groups or clumps under shelter
- Transformation and conversion to mixed irregular stands
This publication is funded by the Askafor 2021/2022 Interreg project.
