SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SILVICULTURE BASICS: Forest Regeneration, Protection and Tending in Mongolian Light Taiga Forests

Forests are life. This handbook is intended for forest managers – foresters – who are looking for inspiration on how to manage forests better. The goal is to present topics related to forest cultivation (silviculture) adapted to Mongolian conditions in a simple and illustrative form. This is not a textbook that would comprehensively explain the issue of silviculture together with theory. It is a tool with which a forester can learn directly in the forest what to do there – how to make the forest stronger, healthier and more productive, and how to become more efficient at work and reduce costs and increase revenues. In particular, the handbook describes activities related to sustainable forest management, about which foresters need to know more. Silviculture is presented here in a broader context starting from seed collection, cultivation of seedlings in nurseries, reforestation, taking care of plants in forests until they are mature enough to be tended and harvested. Emphasis is placed on increasing the quality and efficiency of the processes in particular on forest protection and related activities. The content was prepared on the basis of the experience of Czech foresters with Mongolian forests in cooperation with Mongolian foresters.