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4. Example of a practice to restore the structure of compacted soil: tillage
Prevention is better than cure. Ideally, good silvicultural and harvesting practices should make tillage unnecessary, because some soil degradation can be irreversible, and restoring compacted soil is generally a long and costly process. .
In the forest, tillage has been little used in the past, firstly because most forest regeneration was carried out naturally, i.e. by allowing mature trees to seed and then allowing the seeds to develop through gradual exposure to light, and secondly because tillage in the forest is costly due to the constraints associated...
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Key figures for metropolitan France's forests :
28% of mainland France is covered by forests;
3.2 million private owners share 12 Mha, or 75% of the forest;
More than 15,600 local authorities own 2.9 Mha, or 16% of the forest;
the State owns 1.7 Mha of state-owned forests, i.e. 9% of...
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Key figures on the state of the world's forests (source: Geo) : https://www.geo.fr/environnement/les-chiffres-cles-de-la-situation-des-forets-dans-le-monde-213698
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