Advantages of CCF Timber quality
- A larger proportion of the growing stock is in large high value trees
- The bulk of the volume increment accrues on the best trees by giving them space to grow
- Better environmental outcomes
- Continuous and high quality soil protection, especially on steep slopes
- Better retention of natural biodiversity, species composition and a tiered stand structure
- Little visual impact from harvesting—appearance hardly changes ever
- Management flexibility of the system
- Harvest times can be flexible to avoid market pressure periods
Disadvantages of CCF
- Planning and initial management required
- Initial establishment of desired species can be more expensive
- Higher cost of the extra expertise required to manage the forest
- Long time frames to achieve stabilisation of desired species
- Cost of extraction due to scattered nature of harvest and need for s dense system of tracks
- Animals need to be managed
