Wood harvesting is the preparation of logs in a forest or tree plantation according to the requirements of a user, and delivery of logs to a consumer. It includes the cutting of trees, their conversion into logs, extraction and long distance transport to a consumer or processing plant. This artic...
Kio, P.R.O.
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Ofosu-Asiedu, A.
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Dykstra, D.P.
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Kowero, G.S.
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[Foreword to the second volume of the special issue containing refereed papers presented at thematic workshops during the CIFOR/UNEP project on sustainable forest management in Anglophone West Africa.. Ghana Journal of Forestry 3]
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Foreword to the second volume of the special issue containing refereed papers presented at thematic workshops during the CIFOR/UNEP project on sustainable forest management in Anglophone West Africa.. Ghana Journal of Forestry 3
Forest harvesting and transportation operations are essential components of sustainable forestry. Recognition of these important factors was consistent with the theme of the XX IUFRO World Congress, "Caring for the Forest: Research in a Changing World". The Congress was held in Tampere, Finland, ...
Dykstra, D.P.
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[Forest operations for sustainable forestry in the tropics: proceedings of a symposium organised by IUFRO Subject group S3.05-00, Forest operations in the tropics at the XX IUFRO World Congress, 6 - 12 August 1995, Tampere, Finland.]
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Forest operations for sustainable forestry in the tropics: proceedings of a symposium organised by IUFRO Subject group S3.05-00, Forest operations in the tropics at the XX IUFRO World Congress, 6 - 12 August 1995, Tampere, Finland.
A UNEP-sponsored project, implemented by CIFOR focused on the West African humid forests of Ghana and Nigeria. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cameroon also were included in the study. The general objective of the project was to integrate all available information on humid forest formations in this reg...
Dykstra, D.P.
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Kowero, G.S.
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Ofosu-Asiedu, A.
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Kio, P.
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[Promoting stewardship of forests in the humid forest zone of Anglophone West and Central Africa: Final Report of a collaborative research project undertaken by the UNEP and CIFOR]
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Promoting stewardship of forests in the humid forest zone of Anglophone West and Central Africa: Final Report of a collaborative research project undertaken by the UNEP and CIFOR
In East Kalimantan (Indonesia), impacts of conventional and reduced-impact logging (RIL) on forest ecosystems were compared on the basis of pre- and post-harvesting stand inventories. There was a positive and significant correlation between the proportion of trees damaged by felling and the densi...
Sist, P.
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Nolan, T.
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Bertault, J.G.
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Dykstra, D.P.
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[Harvesting intensity versus sustainability in Indonesia]
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Harvesting intensity versus sustainability in Indonesia
This report describes Reduced-Impact Logging(RIL) which will be implemented in the lowland and hill dipterocarp forest of the Bulungan Model Forest project in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. It is anticipated that through the implementation and supervision of the RIL practices described in this docum...
Sist, P.
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Dykstra, D.P.
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Fimbel, R.
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[Reduced impact logging guidelines for lowland and hill dipterocarp forest in Indonesia]
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Reduced impact logging guidelines for lowland and hill dipterocarp forest in Indonesia
In July 1996, with assistance from FAO, USAID, and the USDA Forest Service, CIFOR offered its first International Research Training Seminar on Reduced-Impact Timber Harvesting and Natural Forest Management. Participants were drawn from ten countries and represented disciplines ranging from silvic...
Putz, F.E.
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Elias
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Sist, P.
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Dykstra, D.P.
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Heinrich, R.
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[Research methods for reduced-impact logging: workshop results]
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Research methods for reduced-impact logging: workshop results