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FOREST USE
Forest use means to utilize its resources, i.e. timber, ground cover products, Christmas trees, whole plants or their parts suitable for the needs of pharmaceutical industry; it is also extracting minerals and many others. The foresters make forests accessible to the public, however in a way which ensures their sustainability.
The volume of timber harvest is decided by the allowable cut determined by forest management plan for each forest district. It is the amount of timber allowed to be logged in selected forest stands located in a designated area in a period of 10 years scheduled by the plan. Owing to this, the allowable cut is lower than the actual increment of timber in the same period, so the growing stock increases systematically.
It is estimated that the current abundance of Polish forests is over 2,645 million cubic meters of timber.
The methods of timber harvesting:
- felling – removing mature stands from forest; the basic aim of felling is to rebuild and restore stands,
- tending cuts (clearing and thinning) – removing from forest a part of trees presumed to be unwanted and harmful to other trees and valuable parts of stands,
- unplanned cuts – they are the result of natural disasters in the forests.
Summary of the total cutting use according to forest menagement |
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Forest menagement |
District Otyń |
District Przytok |
Przytok Forest District |
thickness in m3 |
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Special |
13842 |
34144 |
47986 |
Protective forests |
192067 |
229525 |
421592 |
Cutting system |
87590 |
x |
87590 |
Selection cutting system |
15258 |
x |
15258 |
Conversion |
x |
x |
x |
Przytok Forest District |
308757 |
263669 |
572426 |
In the Przytok Forest District, the tasks included in the Forest Management Plan for 2021-2030 are as follows:
- timber harvesting in an amount not exceeding: 898,264 m3 net timber, including:
a) obligatory cutting time in felling: 508 105 m3 of net timber,
b) area time of cuts in pre-cutting use: 10004.08 ha with an approximate thickness of 390,159 m3 of net timber.