This course will provide a basic introduction to the principles of continuous cover forestry (CCF) and of the application of those principles, from first thinning to selective felling and to structural development. After lunch, attendees will visit Bryn Arau Duon to illustrate the points covered that morning.
Bryn Arau Duon is a 680ha commercial plantation that has been under transformation to CCF for 23 years. It provides a unique demonstration of the transformation process in upland spruce in Wales. Two forest inventories using the Irregular Silviculture Network (ISN) inventory protocols have been completed enabling the identification of Stand Development Types and the development of a CCF Transformation Index as part of a UAV study in monitoring continuous cover forests.
Agenda
09:30 Registration and refreshments at National Trust Dolaucothi Visitor Center.
10:00 Indoor presentations
Introduction to the principles of CCF
Application of CCF principles
Thinning patterns and selection criteria
Selective felling
Structural development of stands
Transformation and stand development types
CCF equilibrium
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Drive to Coed Bryn Arau Duon
13:00 Forest visit
Visit to Bryn Arau Duon
Illustration of different stages of transformation
Constraints to transformation
Monitoring and regulating yield
16:00 Return to Pumpsaint
16:15 Close
Instructor
Phil Morgan FICFor
Specialist and leading practitioner of CCF, Phil is a forester and forestry consultant. He has been the president of Pro Silva and chairman of CCFG. He is now Vice President of the Association Futaie Irrégulière (AFI) and Chairman of the Irregular Silviculture Network (ISN). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Foresters and works in Wales and overseas. He is Director of Sustainable Forest Management and SelectFor – Experts in Continuous Cover Forestry.
Jonny Hulson
Jonny is a forester and ecologist with over ten years’ experience working on landscape scale conservation schemes at the Wildlife Trust, the Woodland Trust and communications at the IUCN Global Species Programme in Switzerland. He’s the Pro Silva representative on the Continuous Cover Forestry Group and provides GIS, UAV and forest mensuration assistance at Sustainable Forest Management.
Who should attend?
Open to all working in the Forestry and Woodland and conservation management sector.
Cost (booking fee)
£110.00 per person
Please read our Terms & Conditions before booking.
Point of contact
If you have any issues booking this event please contact - info@focusonforestryfirst.co.uk
Other Information
Refreshments will be provided, but please bring your own packed lunch.
Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for the weather and terrain. We will be walking through woodland and meadow.