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Silvicultural and forest improvement work 2016

Published 30.8.2017
  • Total costs of silviculture and forest improvement works were EUR 251 million in 2016. Of these total costs, EUR 195 million were allocated to private forests and EUR 56 million to forests owned by companies and the state.
  • Of different work types, pre-commercial thinnings generated the highest costs, i.e. EUR 59 million, while EUR 51 million was invested in artificial regeneration of forests. Forest road and ditch improvement accounted for EUR 42 million.
  • In 2016, the artificial forest regeneration area totalled 109,000 hectares, showing an increase of six per cent from the year before.  83,000 hectares were cultivated by planting and 26,000 hectares by seeding. Pre-commercial thinnings and improvement of young stands totalled 194 000 hectares.
  • The area treated with fellings, based on notifications of forest use, totalled 653,000 hectares in 2016. Clearcutting is estimated to total 141,000 hectares and natural regeneration roughly 27,000 hectares.
  • Note! The data on works carried out in private forests include an estimate of the silvicultural works carried out by forestry services providers and by forest owners themselves under the supervision of forest management  associations.  Contrary  to  years before 2015,  works carried out by forest owners without supervision are not included in the statistics.

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