ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how the design process can be applied to forests of natural origin that are subject to commercial forestry. Inevitably, management is likely to focus on timber harvest followed by regeneration, but will also include conservation objectives. In the majority of temperate or boreal coniferous forests timber harvest is normally carried out by regeneration cutting (increasingly with legacy retention) followed by either natural regrowth or planting. This chapter commences with a discussion of how the design process as described in previous chapters applies in this situation and then illustrates the application with the use of three case studies, one in British Columbia in Canada, one in Nova Scotia in Canada and one in Finland. Each generally followed the process described in Chapter 5, although each also applied it slightly differently. In two examples, those from Nova Scotia and Finland, a community participation process took place at the same time, following some of the methods outlined in Chapter 4. These examples are presented in some detail so that readers can see exactly how the process can be followed. They are also comprehensively illustrated with maps, diagrams and sketches.
