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What is Continuous Cover Forestry?
Managing a forest ecosystem rather than periodically creating and removing whole crops of trees.
Producing structurally diverse stands with a range of size-classes present at sub-compartment level capable of sustainable timber production.
What are the advantages?
Timber Production
- Giving top priority to maximising the volume and value of the best individuals in the stand.
- Increasing the overall proportion of larger diameter trees and the average volume of the harvested tree.
- Reducing costs by making use of natural regeneration and using light as the key factor in controlling weed competition.
- Reducing the risk of major disturbances to projected cash flows.
Nature Conservation
- Introducing natural processes into high forest management.
- Creating stable, more diverse woodland ecosystems.
- Making the incorporation of 'Old Growth' features easier.
Landscape Conservation
- Avoiding major disruptions to external landscapes.
- Creating attractive internal landscapes.
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