Business as usual
All cutblocks = 21–40 ha in size
5%
10% sharing of new roads
5 m
25 year lag (seeded to grass)
10%
10%
1
25 year lag (seeded to grass)
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| Variable | Business as usual |
Best practice | |||||||||
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| Harvest of hardwoods | Oldest first, minimum harvest age = 70 years | No harvest of stands > 120 years, minimum harvest age = 70 years | |||||||||
| Harvest of softwoods | Oldest first, minimum harvest age = 100 years | No harvest of stands > 140 years, minimum harvest age = 100 years | |||||||||
| Cutblock size | All cutblocks = 21–40 ha in size |
Cutblock size distribution:
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| In-block losses (haul roads, landings) | 5% |
2% | |||||||||
| Road harmonization between the petroleum sector and forestry sector | 10% sharing of new roads |
50% sharing of new roads | |||||||||
| Width of seismic lines | 5 m |
1 m | |||||||||
| Reforestation of seismic lines | 25 year lag (seeded to grass) |
4 year lag | |||||||||
| Spatial overlap of new seismic lines with existing linear disturbances | 10% |
50% | |||||||||
| Spatial overlap of new pipelines lines with existing linear disturbances | 10% |
50% | |||||||||
| Number of wells per drill pad | 1 |
2 | |||||||||
| Reforestation of well sites after decommissioning | 25 year lag (seeded to grass) |
Immediate replanting of trees | |||||||||
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