Forest Management
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- Created on: 26-05-15 17:12
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- Forest Management
- Coppicing is the cutting down of trees close to the ground and then leaving them for several years to re grow
- Selective cutting is felling only some of the largest trees leaving others to grow
- Valuable on steep slopes where the total removal of trees would leave the soil very vulnerable to erosion
- Also helps maintain nutrients in the forest soil
- Long rotation time also increases sustainablilty
- Planting trees the optimum distance apart as planting trees close together will create intra-specific competition. This results in the trees growing tall and thin producing poor quality timber
- Controlling pests and diseases, if trees grow well less will need to be felled, best use of the land, reducing total area required
- Preservation of native woodlands. Woodland covers 10% of the UK but only 1% of this area consists of native woodland.
- Essential these native woodlands are preserved to enhance biodiversity.
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