Planted Forests

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Planted forests are composed of trees established through planting and/or through deliberate seeding of native or introduced species. Establishment is either through afforestation on land which has not carried forest within living memory or by reforestation of previously forested land.

Planted forests comprise the planted component within semi-natural forests and forest plantations for productive and protective purposes. The logic of the newly applied grouping is that the planted component of semi-natural forest, with similar establishment patterns and intensive silvicultural treatments, is not materially different from forest plantations. The scope of planted forests in the continuum of forest types is outlined in the table below.

Scope and concept of planted forests

Natural forest			Planted Forests
Primary	Naturally regenerated forests	Semi-Natural		Plantation
Forest of native species, where there are no clearly visible indications of human activities and the ecological processes are not significantly disturbed	Forest of naturally regenerated native species where there are clearly visible indications of human activities	Assisted natural regeneration through silvicultural practices	Planted component	Productive	Protective
				Forest of primarily introduced and native species, established through plan-ting or seeding mainly for production of wood or non- wood goods	Forest of native or introduced species, established through planting or seeding mainly for provision of services
		Weeding Fertilizing Thinning Selective logging	Forest of native species, established through planting, seeding, coppice
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