| FMAs | Objectives | Principles |
| Close to nature | Mimic or emulate natural processes | Natural regeneration, mixed stands, no site preparation or thinnings, long rotation length, selection harvesting |
| Combined objectives | Combine production and ecological objectives at the stand level | Natural regeneration, mixed stands, site cultivation, and thinnings, rotation length adapted to optimal wood productivity, harvesting limited to solid wood |
| Intensive even-aged | Optimize wood production | Plantation, monocultures, even-aged structure, site preparation, cultivation, fertilization, regular thinnings, rotation length adapted to the economic return, clearcut harvesting |
| Wood biomass | Produce the greatest amount of wood biomass | Plantation, monocultures, even-aged structure, fast-growing species, site preparation, cultivation, fertilization, short rotation, clearcut harvesting, removal of residues |