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Watch the complete series on Continous Cover Forestry, and learn all about this management: • The Future of Forestry...
Today I’m visiting three forestry landowners in County Offaly, Ireland with Forester Manus Crowley. Their forests were originally planted as conventional spruce plantations, but the choice is now made to transform them into mixed permanent forests that produce high-quality sustainable timber & more.. with the management approaches of CCF (Continuous COver Forestry) instead of going with the conventional clear-felling management. Let’s learn all about this transformation process and why this choice has been made!?
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Video summary:
0:00 Intro
0:35 The Landowners & their Forestry
0:52 The CCF transformation process
2:32 High-quality Timber
3:22 Enhancing Diversity & Natural Regeneration
5:03 Importance of Good Access
5:20 Why not go with conventional Clearfelling?
7:27 Will it be beneficial Economically?
9:08 Reducing (economical) Risk!
10:21 Conclusion: onto the Future!
12:23 Irish CCF Grants
Filmed & produced by Julius Silvan: / @juliussilvan
Thanks to forester Pádraig Dolan from Dolan Forestry, Celsus Behan (Farmer) & Manus Crowley (Forester)
Thanks to Fact Spark (KZbin) for the Bark Beetle Drone footage! Learn more about Spruce Bark Beetle in mainland Europe: • This National Park is ...
This series is commissioned by CELT with the support of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to promote woodlands & reforestation. CELT is a registered Irish charity, promoting the Natural Environment & Sustainable Living through education and raising community awareness. For more info check out www.celtnet.org/ or visit the youtube channel: / @celtskills