SMCC hammering

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Popularisation Field day

The day will be in French

Hammering and silvicultural work in SMCC - Beginner Level

The 19 June 2026 - Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve

Objective

This training course is intended for people who wish to go further in the practice of marking trees in a stand, and in the silvicultural work adapted to natural regeneration with regard to the principles of continuous cover forestry (CCF).

It will help owners in particular to apply this close-to-nature forestry with a view to moving towards the uneven-aged management of a stand.

Owners will themselves draw up an assessment of the composition and structure of the stand by establishing a typological inventory. This will enable them to take ownership of the guiding objectives of the marking specific to the stand and to undertake diverse and reasoned felling choices.

At the end of the brainstorming session, each group's results will be visualised and explained using both simple and more complex indicators.

The training will also highlight the good practices to adopt for silvicultural work in natural regeneration.

Speakers

  • Igor Blervaque, RFSB
  • Nicolas Dassonville, RFSB

Program

8:45Welcoming participants
9:00 AMPopulation survey
10h00Reminder of good practices regarding cut choices
10:30 AMStart of group hammering
12h00Lunch break
13h00Resumption of the group hammering exercise.
2:30 PMBasic results analysis. Review of important settlement areas. Complex results analysis.
16h00Group exercise in natural regeneration. Review of typical areas and discussions.
17h00End of day

Meeting place

It will be sent to you in the confirmation letter.

Organisation fees

Registration

Registration before the 18 June 2026

The day will be in French

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