sustainable forests

 

At Classic Joinery we are committed to using only woods from sustainable forests.

 

Sustainable Forestry is a forest management practice. The basic principle of sustainable forestry is that the amount of goods and services yielded from a forest should be at a level the forest is capable of producing without degradation of the soil, watershed features or seed source for the future.

 

The concept also assumes that human use will not detract from or degrade the use of forests by other organisms, that human use is ultimately subordinate to healthy ecosystems. The word 'forestry' implies use for human benefit, but to 'sustain' forests means to manage for healthy ecosystems, the by-products of which are "goods and services" like timber, recreation, wildlife and other resources that humans have come to expect from forests.

 

Sustainable forestry includes, clean water, wildlife, recreation natural cover and forest where seed trees are left for natural regeneration.

 

The potential natural vegetation, annual growth and the basal area, combined with the amount of trees per stand to develop a management plan for area sizes from a stand to an ownership through the entire forest, as well as considering the landscape and position of the forest within it are considered.