The article provides an overview of the results of the maturity age calculations for economically important tree species' stands in Estonian commercial forests. The maturity by price is determined by a stand's stumpage value per year of rotation. The maturity by net income (forest rent) is...

Three cases of violation of forestry regulations are presented in this study where the required lower limit of basal area after thinnings was not followed. These recorded actual cases of violations happened in Estonia in 2004, 2005 and 2007. One stand was dominated by silver birch and two stands by ...

The results of the analysis of profitability and impact of thinning on wood production in Järvselja Training and Experimental Forest Centre are presented in the article. The profitability was assessed on the basis of harvesting income and costs of logging operations in 2015-2017. The impact of...

With the rapid development in data acquisition and presentation, there is a growing interest in virtual forests and computer visualization tools. Forest owners have become more aware about their property and are interested in applying different forest management methods and silvicultural...

The results of scientific studies dealing with the influence of forest management on carbon dynamics are often controversial. Substituting fossil fuels with wood is not always a climate-friendly solution, and besides, it has often a negative impact on biodiversity. The current paper reviews the...

Changes in the society have created a need for a systematic approach in forestry combining forest management, timber harvest analysis, research and demonstration of new technologies. A research and demonstration area is an option for explaining and visualising frameworks of forest design, modelling ...

This paper discloses algorithms for calculating the volume and lateral area of a stem or part of the stem (assortment) using the integral of the Ozolinš' stem taper curve. An algorithm was also developed to change the taper curve constants in case another diameter was measured higher than the...

In this summary, we give an overview of the application of airborne laser scanning (ALS) data for predicting the main forest inventory variables in Estonia. When Estonia being one of the few countries with wall-to-wall ALS availability, the need for applicable models for Estonian forests was...

The present research is a comparative analysis of how the main quality indices of containerized and barerooted coniferous (Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)) planting stock conform to the existing standards in Estonia, how the plantation development...

Forest owners are an important group of people as they own and use a significant amount of our land resources. Their choices, decisions and behaviour are closely related to the benefits that forests provide to everyone. It is for this that information is needed about forest owners and their...