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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
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