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The origin and beginnings of modern Continuous Cover Forestry in Europe

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dc.abstract.enBackground: Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) is a type of forest management that is based on ecological, envi ronmental, and biological principles. Specific definitions of CCF greatly vary and the concept usually includes a number of tenets or criteria. The most important tenet of CCF is the requirement to abandon the practice of large- scale clearfelling in favour of selective thinning/harvesting and natural regeneration methods. Methods: CCF is commonly believed to have its main origin in an academic debate that was conducted through publications in a number of European and North American countries towards the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Our findings are exclusively based on a literature review of the history of CCF and they revealed that the European origins of CCF go much further back to a form of farm forestry that started to be practised in Central Europe in the 17th century. Eventually, this type of farm forestry led to the formation of the single-tree selection system as we know it today. Another influential tradition line contributing to modern CCF is individual-based forest management, which breaks forest stands down into small neighbourhood-based units. The centres of these units are dominant frame trees which form the framework of a forest stand. Consequently, management is only carried out in the local neighbourhood of frame trees. Individual-based forest management also modified inflexible area-control approaches of plantation forest management in favour of the flexible size- control method. Results and conclusions: We found evidence that the three aforementioned tradition lines are equally important and much interacted in shaping modern CCF. Since CCF is an international accomplishment, it is helpful to thoroughly study the drivers and causes of such concepts. Understanding the gradual evolution can give valuable clues for the introduction and adaptation of CCF in countries where the concept is new
dc.affiliationWydział Leśny i Technologii Drewna
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Hodowli Lasu
dc.contributor.authorPommerening A.
dc.contributor.authorWidman U.
dc.contributor.authorSzmyt, Janusz Stanisław
dc.contributor.institutionUniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
dc.date.access2025-10-07
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-07T08:13:27Z
dc.date.available2025-10-07T08:13:27Z
dc.date.copyright2025-05-17
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.accesstimeat_publication
dc.description.bibliographyil., bibliogr.
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dc.description.if4,4
dc.description.numberDecember 2025
dc.description.points140
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume14
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.fecs.2025.100348
dc.identifier.eissn2197-5620
dc.identifier.issn2095-6355
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/5222
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2197562025000570
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationforestry
dc.relation.ispartofForest Ecosystems
dc.relation.pagesart. 100348
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.sciencecloudnosend
dc.share.typeOPEN_JOURNAL
dc.subject.ensustainability
dc.subject.enforest history
dc.subject.ensilviculture
dc.subject.enconservation
dc.subject.enforest structure
dc.subject.enselection system
dc.subject.enindividual-based forest management
dc.titleThe origin and beginnings of modern Continuous Cover Forestry in Europe
dc.title.volumeTransitioning to Continuous Cover Forestry in Times of Climate Change and Energy Crisis
dc.typeJournalArticle
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oaire.citation.volume14