Agreed. What was depicted in the video obviously works but in terms of the urgent needs of carbon sequestration + maintaining/increasing biodiversity of flora & fauna, I think the 50-70 time scale is far, far, too long & too slow. Perhaps they could have started with the red pine as the pioneer species & once those were established after ~3-5 years, they could have returned to inter-plant with a range of suitable mixed species deemed appropriate to the local area. The evergreen red pine acting as a soil stabiliser & the deciduous species, soil builders via their dropped leaves.
Yes and no. What you are seeing in this video is afforestation in the commercial context. They are planting a future forestry product, the red pine, in a monoculture fashion for easy harvest down the line. As the initial forest product is removed then a more natural polyculture will begin to spring up. If this is a bad thing or not will depend on your viewpoint. This style of afforestation might lead to more sites being forested as there is a commercial incentive to do so, however if you were reforesting without the commercial motive you could skip the red pine monoculture and just go straight to a more natural polyculture design with succession in mind. Skipping the monoculture step would have your land in a more natural polyculture state a lot sooner than this commercially focused approach. If you need the financial resources of the commercial version go for it! It is better to have it underway than not reforest due to resource issues. If you have a smaller scale area where the commercial approach isn't viable, or you just don't need/want the resources offered by the commercial approach go ahead and plant a diversity of species and you'll get to a natural forest decades ahead of the commercial approach.
Trees are to skinny. tree tops are to brittle for any habitats. trees are to close, no sunlight will get in to reach the ground to create biodiverse plantlife. only one type of tree in areas, no good for biodiversity, but good for clippers that need product all close together so youll make some cash from renting the property out come christmas time, right? ... CHECK OUT, Plant WIlds video on what theyre doing in Scottlands forests, errily similar to Canadas situation.
Why are all the trees planted in a grid pattern? That's not natural at all. Also why is it just pine? You should be planting multiple species to create a diverse ecosystem. This screams reforestation the wrong way.
You guys didn’t plant a forest you planted a monoculture and it will support very little wildlife. Very disappointed in this forester. Nothing natural about this at all
We destroy first the native forest, and after we plant pines. It Will burns well next year... we love nature... isn't it? We need to protect the old forests!.
These plantations were planted on eroded and erodible land as the old forests had been used generations ago for building purposes and the land diverted to unproductive farm practices by settlers.
Bless you all people like you make me happy.
Look into the Miyawaki method and start bringing some biodiversity into the mix right away.
Agreed. What was depicted in the video obviously works but in terms of the urgent needs of carbon sequestration + maintaining/increasing biodiversity of flora & fauna, I think the 50-70 time scale is far, far, too long & too slow. Perhaps they could have started with the red pine as the pioneer species & once those were established after ~3-5 years, they could have returned to inter-plant with a range of suitable mixed species deemed appropriate to the local area. The evergreen red pine acting as a soil stabiliser & the deciduous species, soil builders via their dropped leaves.
@@pinkelephants1421 I wish we could have more people like you and I on these teams so we could make faster progress.
@@shannagarroutte7829 Very kind of you to say so. 😀
I would love to be part of the Afforestation group
Is there an issue with the highly regular row style and homogeneous planting of this forest as compared to how it would grow naturally?
Yes and no. What you are seeing in this video is afforestation in the commercial context. They are planting a future forestry product, the red pine, in a monoculture fashion for easy harvest down the line. As the initial forest product is removed then a more natural polyculture will begin to spring up. If this is a bad thing or not will depend on your viewpoint. This style of afforestation might lead to more sites being forested as there is a commercial incentive to do so, however if you were reforesting without the commercial motive you could skip the red pine monoculture and just go straight to a more natural polyculture design with succession in mind. Skipping the monoculture step would have your land in a more natural polyculture state a lot sooner than this commercially focused approach. If you need the financial resources of the commercial version go for it! It is better to have it underway than not reforest due to resource issues. If you have a smaller scale area where the commercial approach isn't viable, or you just don't need/want the resources offered by the commercial approach go ahead and plant a diversity of species and you'll get to a natural forest decades ahead of the commercial approach.
That was really well made and incredibly informative! Thank you so much!
Great video! Love the information, thank you.
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Trees are to skinny. tree tops are to brittle for any habitats. trees are to close, no sunlight will get in to reach the ground to create biodiverse plantlife. only one type of tree in areas, no good for biodiversity, but good for clippers that need product all close together so youll make some cash from renting the property out come christmas time, right? ... CHECK OUT, Plant WIlds video on what theyre doing in Scottlands forests, errily similar to Canadas situation.
Interesting video, although if every girl in the world starts up-talking like Elizabeth, I will lose my sanity. Is it like that now in north America?
Why are all the trees planted in a grid pattern? That's not natural at all. Also why is it just pine? You should be planting multiple species to create a diverse ecosystem. This screams reforestation the wrong way.
You guys didn’t plant a forest you planted a monoculture and it will support very little wildlife. Very disappointed in this forester. Nothing natural about this at all
We destroy first the native forest, and after we plant pines. It Will burns well next year... we love nature... isn't it?
We need to protect the old forests!.
These plantations were planted on eroded and erodible land as the old forests had been used generations ago for building purposes and the land diverted to unproductive farm practices by settlers.
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