Comments on: What is Continuous Cover Forestry? http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/practical-guides/what-is-continuous-cover-forestry/ A blog about woodland activities, outdoor skills and conservation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:04:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: flapper http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/practical-guides/what-is-continuous-cover-forestry/comment-page-1/#comment-3244 flapper Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:01:54 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/conservation/what-is-continuous-cover-forestry/#comment-3244 Continuously covering our forest means that we should plant in more trees to cover up those bald spots that were caused by all of us. ALl those wasted papers and all those trees that were cut down should be replaced for us to be able to continue living in this earth. We don't want mother nature to be angry at us, do we? Continuously covering our forest means that we should plant in more trees to cover up those bald spots that were caused by all of us. ALl those wasted papers and all those trees that were cut down should be replaced for us to be able to continue living in this earth. We don’t want mother nature to be angry at us, do we?

]]> By: Martin http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/practical-guides/what-is-continuous-cover-forestry/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Martin Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:33:05 +0000 http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/conservation/what-is-continuous-cover-forestry/#comment-419 A saying often heard in forestry is " a wood that pays stays" - With that in mind - the 'working with nature' is excellent in theory and well proven in practice. The stumbling block for me ( 40 acres) is getting the economics to work. The costs with small continuous timber production ( that is, to my mind what CCF is) cannot be balanced against external labour, transport and finding markets. Scale seems to be the issue - I am optimistic that the forestry owners will work in networks in the future - even so forestry coverage has to be large enough in an area to make this work. In the meantime Clear fell has to be the only option as "hobby" forestry is not sustainable long term on finacial grounds. PS - I place myself in the "hobby" category - as I have not made a penny from the wood financially - but do get fantastic reward through working in my wood. A saying often heard in forestry is ” a wood that pays stays” – With that in mind – the ‘working with nature’ is excellent in theory and well proven in practice. The stumbling block for me ( 40 acres) is getting the economics to work. The costs with small continuous timber production ( that is, to my mind what CCF is) cannot be balanced against external labour, transport and finding markets. Scale seems to be the issue –

I am optimistic that the forestry owners will work in networks in the future – even so forestry coverage has to be large enough in an area to make this work. In the meantime Clear fell has to be the only option as “hobby” forestry is not sustainable long term on finacial grounds.

PS – I place myself in the “hobby” category – as I have not made a penny from the wood financially – but do get fantastic reward through working in my wood.

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