Study Guide

Objective

The student
- knows how silvicultural measures affect the development of the stand structure
- can plan and calculate costs for tending of seedling stands
- can assess thinning needs and thinning strength
- understands how different forms of thinning can be applied in different stands
- knows the risks associated with windfall and how to prevent them
- knows the main principles for forest fertilization on mineral soil
- knows different forms of subsidies for silvicultural measures

Content

Forest legislation on forest thinning
Grass control
Tending of seedling stands
Pricing of tending
First thinnings
Later thinnings
Evaluation of the quality of performed thinnings
Forest fertilization
Public funding of stand management measures
The course is based on several of the global sustainability goals, mainly the goals of Responsible consumption and production as well as Climate action.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

No prerequisites