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How can we take care of biodiversity in forest areas of complex owner structure and limited tradition of forestry?

 
 
Vestland County forests (sources: Esri, Airbus DS, USGS, NGA, NASA, CGIAR, N Robinson, NCEAS, NLS, OS, NMA, Geodatastyrelsen, Rijkswaterstaat, GSA, Geoland, FEMA, Intermap and the GIS user community; Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, FAO, NOAA, USGS, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community)
 

General information on Vestland County forests.

Total forest area553 000 ha productive forest
Main management typesClear-cut (> 90 %) and seed tree harvest
Total volume150 m³/ha
Annual growth3 m³/ha
Annual cutting rate1.2 m³/ha
Deadwood14 m³/ha
OwnershipPrivate (approximately 85 %) and public
Climate8 °C mean annual temperature, 1000–4000 mm mean annual precipitation – depending on location and landscape
Protected area6 % of the Norwegian forest area