18. December, 2020

On Monday, 7th of December 29, 2020, partners of SMALLWOOD project organized an international web conference entitled ” Productivity in small tree thinning operations”.

The purpose of the conference was to:

  • present the preliminary results of SMALLWOOD project,
  • present field studies done in Sweden, Finland, Slovenia and Spain
  • present an innovative boom tip mounted felling head in different types of thinning and two working methods
  • present preliminary results of productivity studies done in the small diameter stands
  • present preliminary results about damages on the remaining stand.

More about the conference you can read here:

http://www.smallwood.eu/results/public-events/conference-productivity-in-small-tree-thinning-operations/

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