Forest purchase/sale

• Sell forest land
• Sell standing forest for harvesting
• Forests for sale

Wood trade

• Roundwood - purchase
• Roundwood - sale

N/A

Wooden poles for electricity and telephone lines

• Wooden poles - purchase
• Wooden poles - sale

Logging services - felling, extraction, care

• Deforestation
• Wood extraction
• Forest care
• Reforestation

DEFORESTATION

Deforestation process poses a number of negative associations. Ostensibly those who are involved in deforestation are concerned not about saving and protecting trees, but only about profit and benefit. Of course there is some truth in these words but it is also important to know the fact that tree cutting is strictly regulated. Forestry Law of the Republic of Lithuania has certain restrictions - the cutting is allowed only having particular permit. For example, primary deforestation is banned in the forests which are close to the group IV of forest cutting age. Sometimes deforestation in certain areas is necessary, especially when the trees are blighted, ill.

Clear felling is the most common method of cutting in Lithuania. Clear cutting is used only in grown and mature forests. Later in the same area young forest trees are planted and a new generation of forest is cultivated. In the primary clear felling areas an additional number of uncutted green trees must be left. How many and which trees should be left in the clear felling areas is indicated in the rules of the final felling. 

Sanitary felling is a very useful and effective, particularly in order to properly develop and maintain the nursery in good condition. You could say that such actions determine which forests we will have in the future. Sanitary fellings are carried out regardless of the age of the forest where the trees are attacked by parasites or diseases. The best way to preserve the remaining healthy trees is to cut down the damaged ones. Unfortunately, there is the negative side. Since the sanitary felling does not provide significant financial benefits many forest owners do not carry out sanitary fellings.

Selective felling - small patches of trees or single mature trees are removed. Trees should be felled and removed without damaging those left standing. The retained trees have more opportunities to grow and increase timber volume. This increases the amount of timber that can be grown in a given forest. After 5-10 years this already rarefied forests are felled again. Selective felling may be also named as loose felling as the age of the forest is not strictly defined. Felling area should not exceed the limit of approximately twenty-five percent of the present area.