Mentoring

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Avoid driving forest machines over stone walls and boulder fields during clear-cutting

Habitat Function Type of work
Forest
Living environment, Landscape, Cultural
Clear-cutting

In order to maintain biodiversity, forest microstructures (e.g. large boulders, stone walls, bogs, springs) are maintained during forest management.

Description of the action

Avoid driving forestry machinery over stone fields and stone fences. If it is technologically necessary to drive over stone fields or stone fences, cover them with logging debris and remove the debris after extraction.

Why?

Special but fragile habitats have formed on stone surfaces. If possible, avoid damaging them.