Economic benefits of continuous-cover forestry
Done right, continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk) can offer major economic advantages compared to traditional clearcut forestry (trakthyggesbruk). With Hyggligt, it’s also easy.
Research has shown that continuous-cover forestry can be just as profitable—or more profitable—for forest owners than traditional clearcut forestry (trakthyggesbruk), when done correctly. In addition to higher long-term harvesting income, it can also mean lower logging operations and silviculture costs, steadier cash flow, preserved property value, and better use of the forest’s ecosystem services (ekosystemtjänster).
The harvested volume and revenue from a single operation is of course higher in a final felling (slutavverkning) under clearcut forestry, since all trees in the stand are harvested—unlike continuous-cover forestry, where only the largest trees are taken. But that comparison is only interesting in the very short term. Over a 70-year period (an optimistic rotation period (omloppstid) for clearcut forestry), continuous-cover forestry can allow 4–7 harvests and surpass the profitability of clearcut systems.
Below you’ll find more reasons—and further reading—on why continuous-cover forestry with Hyggligt can be more profitable than traditional clearcut forestry.
More timber in higher-paid assortments with Hyggligt
With Hyggligtmetoden, the proposed harvest is always aligned with current timber prices—so removals are focused, as far as possible, on better-paid sawlog ...
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Lower logging and silviculture costs
Hyggligt’s continuous-cover forestry method (hyggesfritt skogsbruk) minimizes machine driving in the forest—and thus logging costs (drivningskostnader). It...
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Preserving property value with continuous-cover forestry
With clearcut forestry (kalhyggesbruk), a forest property’s value can drop sharply at harvest because the forest disappears. With continuous-cover forestry...
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A steadier income stream with continuous-cover forestry
Timber prices can swing widely. By harvesting more frequently with continuous-cover forestry (hyggesfritt skogsbruk), forest owners can spread risk tied to...
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Making better use of the forest’s ecosystem services
The benefits forests provide to society are called ecosystem services (ekosystemtjänster) and include everything forests can contribute. Today, the forest’...
3 min readYour net at harvest (per hectare)
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*The harvest net is not a guaranteed figure. The calculation is based on a healthy spruce-dominated forest in southern Sweden.
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