The forests
Improvements and care of Öijared's forests
For some time, major work has been going on in Öijared's forests. Along the road towards Öijared, an area included in a Natura 2000 area with a nature conservation agreement has been remedied with a nature conservation felling on the order of the County Administrative Board and the Forestry Board. The work has been completed, inspected and carried out according to the management plan for the N-2000 area and according to the work description developed by the authorities for the work.
Oaks have been removed for better development. Glades have been created. Brushwood, tops and branches, dead wood, lower standing dead trees and stumps are left so that insects, plants, mosses, lichens and birds and other animals can survive, thrive and prosper.
If you have any questions regarding these works, please contact Ronny Fihn at the Swedish Forest Agency or Lars Sjögren at the County Administrative Board's nature conservation unit.
Take the opportunity to enjoy the light now seeping in through the canopy, knowing that the well-being of nature is of great importance to all of us here at Öijared.
Best regards/ Anders Josefsson, Forest Manager Öijareds Säteri
Forestry
The base in Öijared is our forestry with 1,300 hectares of productive forest land. We work with a long-term strategy in terms of planting, clearing, thinning and felling. The forest produces spruce and pine sawlogs, hardwood sawlogs, pulpwood and firewood for our own use. Our forestry provides more than timber production for long-term economically sustainable returns.
It also creates employment in the local area, preserves and promotes cultural and natural values, biodiversity, environments for nature recreation and good conditions for hunting, fishing, mushroom and berry picking. And not least important is that the forest contributes to reducing the greenhouse effect by binding carbon. Öijared's forestry is currently certified according to PEFC and FSC. These certifications certify that our forests are managed in a responsible manner with good environmental consideration.
Nature conservation
In order to develop good conditions for land use in the long term, we need to understand the biological conditions of the land in terms of climate zone, soil and wind conditions, for example. We keep forest edges open, leaving areas for the protection of wildlife. When thinning, clearing and replanting, we take into account the specific nature of each area.
Nature's conditions will determine the type of trees we plant. Through Öijared's nature conservation agreement, mosses, lichens, plants, red-listed beetles and birds have been given better conditions for continued development and growth.
Uncleared forest
When we cut down forests, we always leave behind some dead wood, flames and stumps for insects and birds to feed on. The dead wood, which in the past was always used for our own firewood or firewood, is now left to rot in the forest.
Walking through the forest can therefore sometimes be difficult, but has the great value of providing birds, for example, with the food they need. A single oak log that is allowed to develop this decayed state as a leftover "flame" is estimated to contain about 5,000 different insects.
Bioenergy
Bioenergy is an important part of the transition to global long-term sustainable energy use. The share of bioenergy in energy use at Öijared is steadily increasing and our ambition is for all heating to come from our own forestry in the form of wood chips from sprouts and energy wood.
Energy wood is removed from the forests in connection with felling or as separate energy wood thinnings. The energy wood then becomes wood chips that are used in our own thermal power plant. Coarse woody debris is simply the waste that arises from logging. It is collected after felling and placed in bales to dry. After drying, it is chipped and the chips are then used to produce heat.
