C11 Christinehof-Högestad Estate
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A case from Scania in southern Sweden
General information of the Christinehof-Högestad enterprise.
| Forest community | Lowland oak/beech and pine forests of the middle European temperate broadleaf zone in south Sweden |
| Total forest area | 7000 ha |
| Main management type | Clearcutting with considerations (according to the Swedish law, a certain amount of the volume must remain for biodiversity – in this case 6 % of the volume); Nature management for biodiversity NS (In management plans I Sweden NS stands for Nature management where the biodiversity needs human intervention (like cattle) to exist; Compared to NO which is Nature untouched) |
| Total volume | 200 m³/ha |
| Annual growth | 8.5 m³/ha |
| Annual harvest | 7.2 m³ |
| Dead wood | In Ecopark 20–40 m³/ha; In plantation forest 5 m³/ha |
| Altitude | 0–100 m |
| Ownership | Private |
| Geology | Glacial soils from sand to clay |
| Protected areas | Christinehof Ecopark 1000 ha private protected area; 6%, respectively 420 ha of productive forest are FSC certified with a special status |
| Nature reserves (national) | Fyledalen (853 ha); Verekeån (1131 ha) |