The Scots pine’s resistance to pine blister rust is not linked to its growth or vitality. This means that breeding for better resistance can be done without affecting these factors.

A digital instructor can help mitigate the shortage of instructors in forestry. However, developing such a solution requires precise and reliable automatic detection of tasks and methods.

It is possible to grasp logs from the ground with a full-scale forwarder using only a camera as a sensor. Such a system is also easy to install on almost any type of machine.

Disc chippers are best suited for chipping stem wood, while drum chippers offer greater versatility. Hammermills can handle all types of materials, but have high fuel consumption.

Forked trees should be harvested during thinning, as they can be handled efficiently in multi-tree processing. Waiting until final felling greatly increases time and leads to loss of timber volume.

Transformation from even-aged to uneven-aged forests can be started and abandoned without a significant impact on the economy during the timeframe of a normal rotation period.