Forest School For Grown-Ups by Richard Irvine

Forest School For Grown-Ups by Richard Irvine

Author:Richard Irvine [Irvine, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781801107327
Publisher: Head of Zeus


l Plantation woodland; r Primary ancient woodland.

ShutterStockphoto.inc: l photoviriya; r eacmich.

FARMED FORESTS

In some parts of the world, the saying ‘A wood that pays is a wood that stays’ still holds true, and where there’s sustainable forestry, the biodiversity that has evolved over millennia is maintained. In other places, old-growth forests are clear-cut for quick economic gain and may be replaced with plantations of fast-growing trees.

Plantations are basically farms where the crop takes decades to mature. It’s much easier for a forester to calculate the density of a woodland and estimate the volume of timber if trees are planted in straight lines. Not all new planting conforms to this pattern, but if you can differentiate distinct lines of trees, then you’re likely to be in a plantation. If the forest is composed of a single species and all the trees are a similar height and girth, then again, you’re probably in a plantation.



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