Forestry and silviculture

The Tree Faller's Manual is an essential handbook for forest operators and others who need to fell trees manually using a hand-held chainsaw. Tree felling is a high risk activity. Many fatalities and serious injuries have occurred as a result of being...

The creation of large new tracts of forest, together with the development of a modern wood processing sector, was the single biggest transformation to occur in the Scottish countryside during the twentieth century. While the environmental and landscape...

Cut and come again forestry reviving the ancient practice of resprout silviculture to power local woodland-based economies.Coppice Agroforestry is a richly illustrated, comprehensive guide to resprout silviculture managing trees and shrubs by coppicing,...