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Sean Hoskins has just written a great post on the recent ProSilva Ireland Open Forest day in Ireland, over 70 people turned up to hear about permanent, non-clearfell, close-to-nature continuous cover forestry http://prosilvaireland.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/managing-the-forest-that-builds-itself/

An important new publication which will be of interest to many of our members Developing the Full Potential of the Forest: Management of Irregular Forests (2011).

It has been translated by Phil Morgan, President of the UK Pro Silva Close to Nature – Continuous Cover Forestry group, CCFG.

In the new publication the French…

I was excited to here there were other foresters who were taking a hard look at the way we are managing out forest around the world.  Here, the historical practices of diameter limit cuts, single species removal and high-grade harvesting have decimated most of our natural hardwood forests here in Michigan.  Diameter limit cuts have ruined stand sturcture, removals by species have destroyed diversity within our forest communities, and high-grading has removed superior trees, leaving our…

Hi everyone,

ProSilva Ireland has a new website that you can subscribe to at www.prosilvaireland.org

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