| Wednesday 25.11. |
| 10.00– |
Opening of the workshop (Timo Saksa, Dagnija Lazdina) |
| 10.15–12.30 |
Session 1: Mechanized silviculture in Nordic countries
State of the art in silviculture technology in Sweden 2015-11-25, Lars-Göran Sundblad
(Ville Kankaanhuhta)
Mechanized planting in Finland, Tiina Laine
Mechanized young stand management in Finland, Markus Strandström
Culture affects management of young Scots pine stands today – what is the result after 50 years? Nuutti Kiljunen |
| 12.30–13.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30–17.30 |
Field demonstration: PCT operation with “Tehojätkä” (Usewood Forest Master); Field
trip to stands treated with Naarva uprooter |
| 18.00– |
Dinner at lakeside log cabin (Luke Suonenjoki Research Unit)
Sauna
Free discussions |
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Thurday 26.11. |
| 8.30–11.00 |
Session 2: Forest regeneration, drainage and management of young stands
The review of current sylviculture research in LVM, Edmunds Linde
Forest operation mechanization research activities in Latvian State Forest Research
Institute “Silava”, Dagnija Lazdina
Preliminary data on productivity and cost of wood ash spreading in forest, Modris Okmanis
Coffee break
Forest regeneration and management of young stands in Estonia, Marek Metslaid
SeedPAD, a new and efficient regeneration method (pdf), see also video, Hans Winsa |
| 11.00–12.00 |
Lunch |
| 12.00–14.00 |
Session 3: New ways of young stand management
Case study of productivity quality of early thinning using Vimek 404T6 harvester and
Vimek 610 forwarder compere with Latvia experience, Agris Zimelis
Productivity and work processes of small-tree bundler Fixteri FX15a in energy wood
harvesting from early pine dominated thinnings, Yrjö Nuutinen
Ongoing evolution of innovative systems for harvest of small diameter trees in Sweden, Örjan Grönlund
Biocontrol methods againts hardwood sprouting: case Chondrostereum purpureum, Veli-Matti Saarinen
Coffee break |
| 14.00–15.00 |
Wrap-up of workshop (Timo Saksa, Dagnija Lazdina)
Discussion of future research needs and possibilities for Nordic-Baltic co-operation |
