In this literature review, the quantity of drained peatland forests, the present state of their growing stock and the needs for further drainage operations and discussed in southern Lapland in Finland were analysed and presented. In addition, the possibilities for wood procurement operations during ...

Continuous cover forestry may be more sustainable alternative to rotation based forest management, which includes clear-cutting, especially in peatlands due to avoided negative environmental influences (Huttunen et al. 2003, Finér et al. 2010, Koskinen et al. 2011, Ojanen et al. 2013, Nieminen et...

The aim of this study was to find out what kind of forest is considered beautiful, and how forest management affects the scenic beauty. Differences between interest groups and the impact of season on scenic landscape were also examined. The research was a psycho-physical preference study, where the ...

Finnish private forest owners are diligent in doing forestry work in their own forests. Depending on the work type, private forest owners carry out up to 30-80 percent of the silvicultural work themselves (excluding roundwood harvesting). Do-it-yourself forest work is carried out on 180,000 forest...

Information about roadside sales was collected from the managers of the forest management associations. The basis for passing information about independent silviculture and forest improvement works to the Finnish Forest Research Institute was also studied. The information was collected during...

Finnish forest service providers offer private forest owners comprehensive packages for forest property management. Through obtaining basic information about forest silviculture, it is easy to monitor forest stand development, identify sites that need management and supervise the quality of...

Forest management does not increase the total growth of a stand, but on the basis of productivity it is significant where the growth is focused, and if it can then be secured. Growing time is significantly shorter in managed forests than in unmanaged stands and income from thinnings and harvesting...

Industrial wood first thinning and various energy wood harvesting alternatives were compared from the forest owner's point of view. The present values of incomes over rotation period for 20 young first thinning stands were estimated. Motti stand simulator was used for estimating stand growth after...

In this article, mainly based on the review of present literature, the success of Molinia caerulea on drained peatlands is examined. Also aspects for the classification of drained peatlands forests with abundant Molinia are presented. On Finnish undrained mires, Molinia is a meso-eutrophic species...

A forest management plan includes the objective for forest use set by the forest owner for his forest. In addition to the forest owner's objectives, the plan includes the objectives of society which are incorporated into forest and environmental legislation, forest certification criteria and forest ...