Unit 4: Forestry - Forestry in the UK
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- Forestry in the UK
- Traditional wood uses
- Building materials, fuel, pipes, tools
- Original 'wildwood' = Broadleaf Woodland
- Most wildwood has been heavily managed to increase product output
- Mature trees
- Mature timber used for building/ship frames - strong and reliable
- Coppicing - trees cut to ground level every 8-10 years (long, narrow stems produced)
- Coppiced hazel - fencing and wall panels
- Coppiced oak - charcoal and leather tan
- 8-10 rotation produces greater habitat and wildlife diversity
- Pollarding - trees cut to 4-8ft every few years (long, narrow stems produced)
- Animals cannot eat new growth
- Pollarded ash poles - timber for roofs
- Wood use since industrial revolution
- Reduce wood need - replacement with metal and plastics
- Used for simple structural uses e.g. flooring, furniture and paper
- Modern Plantation Forestry
- Forestry commission - increase timber supplies
- Plantation management
- Large scale conifer plantation on low value land
- Large areas planted at same time - good for organisation
- Produces habitats with little wildlife variety
- Non-native conifers - quick growing and few pests (poor habitats)
- Monocultures
- Geometric shaped plantations = eyesores
- Trees planted close together = more competition so high quality, tall and straight trunks
- Uses of forests
- Timber production
- Public recreation/ education
- Carbon sequestration
- Wildlife conservation
- Forest Parks- forestry commission areas open to public for recreation
- National Forest - area where woodland creation and countryside management is carried out for local community and wildlife benefits
- Community Forests - managed & planted forests for community benefits - usually around urban areas
- Traditional wood uses
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