What areas of knowledge is missing with in forestry?

[combined tree services]

how about a look the environmental impact that modern forestry machinery has on the woodlands and ways/newer methods that can be devised/implemented to reduce the long term damage and encourage wildlife back into British woodlands .

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

one of the most neglected areas of forestry is the role of Mycorrhizae in a healthy and productive stand and the poor performance of single species Monocultures

[Danavan]

Tony posted this thread on a forum hear & not sure which one, but the title was..

 

Saving the old growth-you must see this!

 

I remember watching this & it raising some questions in me. It mite do the same for you & give you some fuel for your project.

[kernowstu]

adding value to your product

[Deciduous Dan]

You could look into what timber sp are being imported and used by the joinery trade which could be grown here. a lot of guys around here use things like Tulipwood, american white ash and american white oak. could these be viable crops here their is a ready made market?