<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Three cases of violation of forest management regulations in Estonia in 2004, 2005 and 2007 are presented in the study where the required lower limit of basal area after thinnings was not followed. These stands were revisited in 2017 to assess the impacts of such thinnings. The actual thinnings were well justified from the silvicultural and economic viewpoints. All three stands were ecologically in good condition in 2017. Also, all three stands had already reached the required age or dimensions allowing regeneration cutting in 2017. Forest management regulations on thinning did not work well in the studied cases and therefore some changes in the current regulations are necessary in Estonia.</p></abstract>

Three cases of violation of forest management regulations in Estonia in 2004, 2005 and 2007 are presented in the study where the required lower limit of basal area after thinnings was not followed. These stands were revisited in 2017 to assess the impacts of such thinnings. The actual thinnings were well justified from the silvicultural and economic viewpoints. All three stands were ecologically in good condition in 2017. Also, all three stands had already reached the required age or dimensions allowing regeneration cutting in 2017. Forest management regulations on thinning did not work well in the studied cases and therefore some changes in the current regulations are necessary in Estonia.

Revisiting the actual cases of violations of forest management regulations on thinning

Forestry Studies

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Harvendusraietel toimunud metsaõigusnormide rikkumise juhtumite hindamine

Three cases of violation of forest management regulations in Estonia in 2004, 2005 and 2007 are presented in the study where the required lower limit of basal...

Revisiting the actual cases of violations of forest management regulations on thinning

Article Category: Short communication

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 145 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2020-0021

Keywords
thinning regulation, minimum basal area, forestry legislation

© 2020 Henn Korjus et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Revisiting the actual cases of violations of forest management regulations on thinning

Article Category: Short communication

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 145 - 151

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2020-0021

Keywordsthinning regulation, minimum basal area, forestry legislation

© 2020 Henn Korjus et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
thinning regulation, minimum basal area, forestry legislation