FORESTRY
Our activities:
- afforestation
- mechanical and chemical protection of young plantations
- cleaning
- thinning
- logging
- buying and selling wood
- comprehensive management of forests for local authorities and private owners
- expert reports in the field of forest valuation and damage to forests
- chipping forest biomasses
The forest property of Panství Bechynì, a.s. consists of several large forest complexes. The most well-known is the former Èernice game preserve, established by Petr Vok of Ro¾mberk in 1586.
A few majestic trees have been preserved from that time, which helped shape the park layout of the former game preserve. These trees do not only have an aesthetic significance, but they also form an ecological environment for several rare types of beetle. In keeping with nature conservation, the remains of these trees are also left in the forest stands.
The forests are managed on the basis of an approved management plan, which provides for widespread use of a shelterwood system. We prefer natural regeneration of stands wherever the natural conditions allow it.
In our activities we also make use of new technologies which are more environmentally friendly. These include chipping in the stands instead of burning brushwood, using Harwestors for logging, and so on. When skidding wood we use horses as much as possible, because this technology – though it is very old – is the most environmentally friendly for the forests.