More fertilizing of forest

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In total, 8 400 hectares of forest land were fertilized in 2016, according to new figures from Silviculture. This is an increase of 7 700 hectares from the previous year. The huge increase was due to new government subsidies from 2016.

Total costs of fertilizing of forest amounted to NOK 27 million.

Figure 1. Forest planting. Area planted.¹

Dekar
1990 316725
1991 290863
1992 281107
1993 226831
1994 203562
1995 227437
1996 218109
1997 205074
1998 205019
1999 190369
2000 187796
2001 182521
2002 158232
2003 109332
2004 114535
2005 103468
2006 119390
2007 129954
2008 138339
2009 136649
2010 117991
2011 131683
2012 147039
2013 147641
2014 158142
2015 172081
2016 185688

More forest planting

In total, 18 600 hectares were planted in 2016, which is an increase of 1 400 hectares from 2015. A total of 34.2 million forest plants were planted. About 44 per cent of all forest planting in Norway was carried out in the counties of Hedmark and Oppland. A total of 4 900 and 3 200 hectares were planted in these counties respectively.

Figure 2. Tending of young stands.¹

Decar
1995 331494
1996 402940
1997 385463
1998 406665
1999 404061
2000 374417
2001 315242
2002 308973
2003 112259
2004 259699
2005 282535
2006 217653
2007 299824
2008 298703
2009 311933
2010 272831
2011 271052
2012 296707
2013 263617
2014 269708
2015 276200
2016 263731

Less tending of young stand

Scarification was performed on 6 700 hectares in 2016, a decrease of 8 per cent from 2015. A major part, 62 per cent, was carried out in Hedmark.

Tending of young stands was applied to a total of 26 400 hectares in 2016, which is 1 200 hectares less than in the previous year. 

NOK 363 million invested

In total, NOK 363 million was invested in silviculture, which is NOK 39 million more than the year before. NOK 179 million was invested in forest planting and NOK 103 million in tending of young stands. The remaining amount was invested in scarification, clearing and similar work. Government subsidies accounted for NOK 66 million of the total costs.

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