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Peatland Forestry: Current Practices and Future Potential

Peatlands represent a vital renewable resource for wood production, encompassing both drained and undrained mires. This presentation explores peatland forestry, highlighting its operational scale, conservation, and the balance between exploitation and sustainable management. Different intensity levels, including conservation and progressive management practices, are discussed. The paper examines regional differences in mire utilization and emphasizes the importance of maintaining habitat integrity while allowing for multiple uses such as outdoor recreation and hunting. The discussion is based on findings from various countries, particularly Finland and Ontario, Canada.

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Peatland Forestry: Current Practices and Future Potential

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  1. PEATLAND FORESTRYWhere are we now? Juhani Päivänen University of Helsinki Feb. 13-15, 2009

  2. Renewable resource of wood • Mires and peatlands form an important renewable resource of wood. • This resource is partly actual and even more so potential.

  3. Peatland forestry • refers to an operational scale forestry management on either undrained mires or drained peatlands. • main function with peatland forestry is to grow and harvest wood as raw material for any purpose beneficial for man.

  4. Intensity levels of peatland forestry • Conservation • Exploitation • Single tree selection (continuous cover) • Progressive management

  5. CONSERVATION • NON-WOOD BENEFITS • THE RENEWABLE RESOURCE FORMED BY FORESTS GROWING ON PRISTINE MIRES IS NOT USED

  6. EXPLOITATION • TREE HARVESTING WITH INADEQUATE TAKE-CARE OF REGENERATION • RISE IN WATER TABLE LEVEL • REDUCTION IN THE RENEWABLE RESOURCE FORM BY TREE STANDS GROWING ON PRISTINE MIRES Ontario, Canada, Aug. 1980

  7. Sustainable management in Ontario, Canada Progressive management in Finland

  8. Multiple use • Unlike most other forms of mire utilization (e.g. agriculture, peat harvesting), peatland forestry does not exclude multiple use of the area. • Thus in countries following the every man's rights (rights of access) the areas drained for forestry are open for out-door activities including berry and mushroom picking, hiking, orienteering etc. • The areas can also been used for hunting. However, the laws controlling hunting privileges differ greatly between countries.

  9. Country-wise preferences • The intensity of mire utilization for forestry varies from country to country depending on the abundance and nature of peatlands, the demand for raw wood, silvicultural management practices and traditions, countryside infrastructure, etc. • It is assumed that in the political entity (province, state or country) there is a legal and administrative structure within which decisions on peatland utilization can be taken.

  10. Total area of mires (tropical mires excluded) max. 500 mill. ha min. 400 mill. ha Drained for forestry 3.0 % 3.8 %

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