Adapted retention
Some productive forest land we need to manage with adapted retention, beside our basic retention. In these forests, the nature conservation interest is higher and we therefore adapt our forest management to preserve or enhance conservation values while also producing timber.
Adapted retention is applied in production forests located, of whick several are within our conservation areas. In these forests, we focus on nature conservation and go beyond the basic retention that are always part of our forestry measures. The level of consideration reaches 15–30 percent.
We adapt our management to preserve or enhance conservation values while allowing for a smaller amount of timber harvest. For example, we can implement measures to benefit sensitive species and create forests with a higher proportion of deciduous trees. In this way, we preserve the habitats present in the forest.
Preserving shelter of deciduous trees
When implementing measures, it often involves enhancing the consideration patsched that we leave for sensitive species. We also saved more dispersed trees in the areas to keep the tree continuity.
We promote desiduous forests by preserving shelters of deciduous trees for the future in various types of forests, such as pine-dominated forests that are bright and have a continuity of dead wood, open sandy pine forests, coniferous natural forests with tree continuity, or deciduous-rich forests with dead wood.
Examples of species that benefit from enhanced consideration include Carbonicola anthracophila, Lobaria pulmonaria, Collema curtisporum, Alectoria sarmentosa, Peltis grossa, Nothorhina muricata and Haploporus odorus.
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SCA's Nature conservation strategy
Our nature conservation strategy integrates considerations into our practical forestry. We have a series of measures that are required to combine productive and profitable forestry with good nature conservation that preserves biodiversity.
Species Commitment and habitats
Our forests have a variety of flora and fauna. To make our nature conservation measures even more effective we preserve, develop and recreate the habitats that are important for species that are disadvantaged by forestry. This will help us achieve an even greater precision in our work with biodiversity.
Landscapes for endangered species
SCA have designated ten areas as Action Plan landscapes, due to their high concentration of species that are particularly sensitive and require specific management for their habitat. By promoting these species, we can promote several other that also benefit from our measurements.