We will regenerate the Portuguese Forest?

It was once a forest

In the past, the region of the Sousa Valley, where we live and work, found heavily forested, to point, in Ferreira walls and Paços, have served as support the development of the most significant hub of the furniture industry in Portugal.

Today, Ca and for all or country, say that our forests are neglected will, of course, anecdote, face the debacle that is seen. Populated with species of little added value, presenting an extremely low biodiversity and ecological value far below its potential, They are in flames and victims of ignorant and irresponsible loggers owners.

For our region, the furniture industry will still maintain its importance, but we have seen the demise of dozens of carpentry and joinery companies, many with reasonable size, able to produce very good quality, and the overwhelming majority of the timber that is, today, used for the manufacture of furniture and woodworking is imported.

For our region, the destination of the vast majority of wood produced, instead of serving to fuel the local furniture industry, It is, a pair cellulose, to calefacção, and the timber sold in the form of chips. If you do not burn on the mount, burns in the fireplace.

The extraction timber is, general rule, made unsustainably, implying, heavy equipment from entering the forest land, equipment that, oftentimes, desadequado, which causes damage to younger trees and destruction of vegetation and soil structure.

no end, loses forest owner, loses Planet, lose all. All this with the objective of getting a quick profit for some.

It is not surprising that much of the forest owners in the region, by ignorance, disenchantment, or disinterest, leave their forest areas, increasingly, delivered themselves, ending, In so many cases, as in flames.

Return to the forest

There is such potential in the forest land of our country, that is not being tapped – on the contrary, It is to be erodido!

We believe that things can be done differently: a more sustainable way, regenerative, in order to generate higher yields, in perpetuity!

To abandon the idea of ​​the reckless slaughter and profit quickly and easily, By choosing a selective killing method, the Tree, allowing the forest to regenerate, the trees mature, fulfilling its biological function of oxygen producer, carbon sink, disperser sementes, food and shelter for wildlife, tutor for younger trees, etc., etc., etc., we have a forest that we can supply hardwood and many other quality products. In abundance and in perpetuity.

The choice of portable sawmill systems (as the Logosol, but there are other), allowing the first timber processing is done at the place of slaughter, turning the log into boards, bars or beams, allowed, up until, It can be molded in place, makes it unnecessary to heavy machinery from entering the forest, with all the disadvantages that this option entails.

It is true that the processing capacity of portable sawmill is far below the, for example, that of a timber entering the forest in with heavy equipment and trucks with, forestry tractors, skiders rapidly killing or forwarders and sets the logs in an automated sawmill, with very high production capacity.

This option will, surely, more profitable for timber, doing business, but, if viewed in the long run (e, In so many cases, in the immediate *), will be less profitable for the owner, or the manager of forestry, because that space could continue to produce many other products and no longer, becoming unproductive, a loss to the community - that all of us - the loss of the biological functions of an ecosystem that is eliminated.

Portable sawmills, they are versatile, small size and easy to use and transport, requiring little space for operation, They are competitive in price, and suitable for small businesses, may represent an excellent opportunity in Portugal afflicted by an economic contraction.

Think closed loop: Create added value, mitigate the ecological footprint and regenerate ecosystems

If you thought of closed loop, a forest project can be sustainable (regenerative, same!) can, up until, become even more profitable!

Why have to find a market for the trees, to be sold at a low price, if we can sell processed timber (on tablets, bars, beams, posts), or, even better, produce equipment for wood that may have high demand and create added value?

Enchanted florest. Closing the circle.

Besides being able to produce hardwood, as the various species of native oaks, brown, beech, a nogueira, a tília, etc., our forest areas may, simultaneously, produce many other high value-added products. Can produce various kinds of nuts and other nuts - why not sell them already shelled and packaged, increasing the value of the product?

Can produce various kinds of wild berries, as well as fresh fruit and even vegetables.

newly felled tree trunks, due to a defect in timber, lost commercial value, They may be inoculated with mushroom spores and half buried in the forest soil, the shadow, starting to produce gourmet mushrooms after one year.

In these forest areas beekeeping will have all the conditions and reasons to exist, with production of honey and other bee products.

Restore the connection to the earth and to the Community

It will be essential to reconnect people to Earth, the nature, the Local and Community. It will be essential to recover reverence that our ancestors had for Nature, Water by the trees and the forest.

Speaking of the forest ... think about it: over time, a machine is losing its value. A well-managed forest will be appreciating.

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