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Wednesday, 02.07.2025, 02:49
Estonia: Logging volume grows to 15.6 mln cubic meters in 2018
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The cut area increased by 9.3% to 131,900 hectares.
Felling in state forests declined by 0.4% year over year to
4.3 mln cubic meters and the cut area in state forests contracted 5.6% to
41,600 hectares. In private forests felling increased by 18.8% to 11.3 mln
cubic meters and the area cut expanded by 18.1% to 89,600 hectares.
Clear cutting amounted to 12.6 mln cubic meters and
improvement cutting to almost two mln cubic meters. The area of clear
cutting increased by 15.1 % year over year to 57,900 hectares and the area
of improvement cutting grew 1.7 % to 64,400 hectares.
Clear cutting in state forests totaled 3.2 mln cubic meters,
while clear cutting in private forests produced 9.4 mln cubic meters.
Reforestation was carried out on 9,800 hectares in 2018,
including planting and sowing on 7,500 hectares. Natural regeneration was
helped along on 2,300 hectares.
Spruce plants were planted on approximately
4,100 hectares, pine plants on some 2,400 hectares and birch plants on 610
hectares of land during the year. Other tree species were planted on 12 hectares.
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