Project “Insense” (soil diagnosis)

Project “Insense” (soil diagnosis)

EN

Easily assess the sensitivity of forest soil to increased biomass harvesting. The owner or manager must enter soil characteristics into the digital or paper application, which indicates the sensitivity level for several mineral elements.

This tool allows more intensive forest management to be applied in areas where the risk of soil depletion is low. It is necessary to train forest owners to describe soil horizons.

This tool is complementary to the ADEME's guide "sustainable forest slash harvesting" of 2006 which indicates how to describe the soil (type of humus, soil texture, pH,...) and gives management recommendations according to the different types of sensitivity.
This application takes into account the pedoclimatic zone, humus type, pH, soil texture and prospective depth. The soil is described 25 cm deep. The result of the analysis gives 3 sensitivity levels: low, medium or high applied generally to the soil or for each mineral element (calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, nitrogen).

Trätyp
Rundvirke
Vedens ursprung
Skog
Mobiliseringspotential
NA
Typ av trä
Woody biomass
Hållbarhets potential
diagnostic tool that can be used throughout the country but must be tested in the field
Påverkan på miljö & biologisk mångfald

Limits the impact of slash harvesting on soil fertility in sensitive ares

Enkel implementering
Difficult: a lot of climate and soil data to integrate
ekonomisk påverkan
NA
Effekt antal anställda
NA
Ekonomisk effekt
NA
Specifika kunskapsbehov
NA
Nyckel förutsättningar

Association, organization of meeting days, responding to the NA

Huvud domän
Skogsförvaltning, skogskjötsel, ekosystemtjänster
Skogsskador, risker, katastrofberedskap
Digital lösning
Nej
Innovasion
Ja
Upphovsland
Frankrike
Potential
Nationell
Start och slutår
2018 -
Kontakt informasion
Ägare eller författare
References and Resources
Projekt som detta factsheet skapats inom
Rosewood