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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
1 .1 Pro Silva forest management
1 .2 Why publish a circular on Pro Silva forest management? .
1 .3 Aims of the circular and this document
2 The forest management measures advocated by Circular 2718
2 .1 Measure 1: Applying irregular high forest management and achieving or maintaining a mixture of species
2 .1 .1 Irregular high forest management
2 .1 .2 Harvesting cycles and extraction rates
2 .1 .3 Social structuring of trees in irregular high forests12
2 .1 .4 The species mix
2 .2 Measure 2: Achieving or maintaining an optimal basal area allowing the forest ecosystem to function well
2 .2 .1 Optimal standing volume 2
2 .2 .2 Remarks about the basal area
2 .3 Measure 3: Harvesting Large Wood at target diameter and thinning Small Wood and pole size material
2 .3 .1 Harvesting size
2 .3 .2 A few general selective marking rules
2 .4 Measure 4: Regenerating the stands naturally, without sacrificing harvesting potential . Using natural regeneration in all its diversity
2 .4 .1 Diffuse natural regeneration
2 .4 .2 ...and diffuse light
2 .5 Measure 5: Letting the process of species succession take place
2 .6 Measure 6: Bringing up seedlings under the canopy
and using the natural tree pruning and quality improvement processes
2 .7 Measure 7: Favouring scarce indigenous species
2 .8 Measure 8: Focusing production on quality Large Wood
2 .8 .1 The various ‘models’ of quality trees
2 .8 .2 Selling the Large Wood
2 .9 Measure 9: Giving trees of value the necessary space and positioning
to ensure their good development
2 .10 Measure 10: Maintaining or restoring the forest/game balance
to ensure the regeneration and permanence of endemic forest species
3 Best practices
4 Transitional or exceptional measures
4 .1 Food patches and feeding
4 .2 Enrichment planting by groups or clumps under shelter
4 .3 Transformation and conversion to mixed irregular stands
5 Conclusions
6 To go further
210 x 297 mm, 60 pages.
