Useful information and links about continuous cover silviculture

An important aim of the Continuous Cover research programme is to communicate with target audiences and provide guidance to forest managers.  The following information may be useful.

• Forestry Commission Information Notes
• Spreadsheets and software
• Further reading
• Useful websites

Forestry Commission Information Notes

Forestry Commission Information Notes (FCIN) are freely available as PDF documents:

What is continuous cover forestry? ^(PDF-81K)
Information Note 29

Transforming even-aged conifer stands to continuous cover management ^(PDF-88K)
Information Note 40
Field sheet ^(PDF-178K)

Monitoring the Transformation of Even-aged Stands to Continuous Cover Management ^(PDF-188K)
Information Note 45

Managing Light to Enable Natural Regeneration in British Conifer Forests ^(PDF-100K)
Information Note 63

Spreadsheets and software

Spreadsheet for calculating a target diameter distribution to guide management of uneven-aged stands ^{(MS Excel®-62K)}

Spreadsheet for analysing the costs and revenues of transformation to continuous cover forestry ^{(MS Excel®-3813K)}

Software to support transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry

Further reading

If you would like to read more widely about transformation and continuous cover forestry the following references may be of interest.  If you have limited time then please see our short list.

• Short list of references
• Full list of references
• Continuous Cover Forestry: A Selected Bibliography ^(PDF-850K)
  (National School of Forestry)

Useful websites

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