world news - 11.06.2007
A great deal of Norwegian felling potential is situated in steep terrain
The report says that Norway's forest resources have increased
considerably and there is a good potential for increased felling.
However, most of the mature forest is situated in steep and difficult
terrain, far away from roads. Building roads and logging cables is a
prerequisite for increased felling.
As much as 70 % of mature forests are situated on lower quality sites,
such as less fertile ground and in the mountains. The corresponding
figure concerning forest on good quality sites is only 30 %.
Mr Halvor Bjørken, deputy managing director of the Norwegian Forest
Owners' Federation, says that this situation is already well known and
only confirms the need for building roads in order to reach the forests
situated in steep terrain. Know-how about cable logging must also be
improved. In Mid-Norway a project has been started for the purpose of
improving mechanical equipment and for teaching lumberjacks in order to
increase felling in such areas.
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- — FPA against 'indiscriminate' restrictions on log exports
- — Shenyang furniture industry begins large scale imports of US hardwoods
