http://www.localforestlog.ie/2009/05/27/thinning-broadleaves-demonstration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thinning-broadleaves-demonstration notes from Jan Alexander's diary Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:10:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.localforestlog.ie/2009/05/27/thinning-broadleaves-demonstration/comment-page-1/#comment-71 jalex Fri, 29 May 2009 10:02:57 +0000 http://www.localforestlog.ie/?p=479#comment-71 Thanks Peter for your comment. Yes, change happens slowly in forestry. I think the solution also lies in people working together to develop local timber markets from firewood right through to the eighty plus year old timbers and everything in between. Grant aid should be there to help bridge gaps, but not to solve the problems. I believe that solutions can be found by local people at ground level working together. Now THAT is a challenge! And of course once a plantation is converted to close-to-nature/CCF, - thinnings are no longer an issue as only large timbers are harvested, leaving the small dimension trees to grow on to their full potential. Thanks Peter for your comment. Yes, change happens slowly in forestry. I think the solution also lies in people working together to develop local timber markets from firewood right through to the eighty plus year old timbers and everything in between. Grant aid should be there to help bridge gaps, but not to solve the problems. I believe that solutions can be found by local people at ground level working together. Now THAT is a challenge! And of course once a plantation is converted to close-to-nature/CCF, – thinnings are no longer an issue as only large timbers are harvested, leaving the small dimension trees to grow on to their full potential.

]]> http://www.localforestlog.ie/2009/05/27/thinning-broadleaves-demonstration/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Peter Archdale Thu, 28 May 2009 06:09:18 +0000 http://www.localforestlog.ie/?p=479#comment-67 We have some of the best growing conditions in Europe for broadleaf trees, so why has it taken so long to work out that there is huge commercial potential for producing hardwoods? Because the return from forestry takes so long to realise. How to get round this? Reward and encourage CCF rather than clearfell harvesting. We have some of the best growing conditions in Europe for broadleaf trees, so why has it taken so long to work out that there is huge commercial potential for producing hardwoods? Because the return from forestry takes so long to realise. How to get round this? Reward and encourage CCF rather than clearfell harvesting.

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