Information on the Environment in the Czech Republic
A-3. Forests | Contents |
A - 3. FOREST LAND
Table A - 3.1 and A - 3.2 Types of forest land, afforestation
Forest land - forest land embraces areas defined along the land resources breakdown by kind. It includes:
- forest land under stands
- forest-free areas such as forest nurseries, wider forest roads with hard surface, timber landings and yards in forests, etc
- and removed out of the agricultural land resources, which has been allocated to forestry but not yet afforested
- land above the upper borderline of tree vegetation, except built-up land.
Forest land under stands - forest land used for forest production, which is actually under forest
or deforested temporarily with the intention of forest stand regeneration.
Production forests - forests whose management is organised along the lines of forest management plans and are used to produce timber
Protection forests - forests the existence of which provides protection for their surroundings (water-management function forests, soil-protecting forests, stream side stands, forests on wind-blown sands, forests on slide slopes, and forests at the upper borderline of tree species vegetation)
Special purpose forests - forest designed for purposes other than production of timber. They include forests in national parks, park and suburban forests, spa forests, forests of research institutes and forestry schools, game preserves, and forests belonging to the army.
Forest land under coniferous trees - forest land areas covered with trees of which 70% or more of growing trees accounts for coniferous species.
Forest land under non-coniferous trees - forest land areas covered with trees of which 70% or more
of growing trees accounts for non-coniferous species.
Tab. A - 3.3 Salvage logging
Salvage logging
Salvage logging is harvesting carried out as a consequence of detrimental natural or anthropogenic factors that have a random or hard-to-predict character.