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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 NotesForestry Commission Information Notes (FCIN) and freely available as PDF documents:  What is continuous cover forestry? (PDF-81K)
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 Transforming even-aged conifer stands to continuous cover management (PDF-88K)
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 Field sheet (PDF-79K)
 Monitoring the Transformation of Even-aged Stands to Continuous Cover Management (PDF-188K)
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 Managing Light to Enable Natural Regeneration in British Conifer Forests (PDF-100K)
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Software Software to support transformation to Continuous Cover Forestry
 Spreadsheet for calculating a target diameter distribution to guide management of uneven-aged stands (MS Excel-62K)
Further readingIf 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. Continuous Cover Forestry: A Selected Bibliography (PDF-850K)
(National School of Forestry) Useful websites
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