FOREST HARVESTING CASE-STUDY 16Forest harvesting practice in timber concessions in Suriname
FOREST HARVESTING CASE-STUDY 16
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2.1 General
information
2.2 Description of
study plots
3.
Description of current forest harvesting practice
3.1 Planning of
harvesting operations
3.2 Forest road
planning
3.3 Forest road
construction and maintenance
3.4
Pre-harvest field survey
3.5 Felling
operations
3.6 Extraction
system
3.7 Operations at
the landing
3.8 Long-distance
transport
4. Labour
force and compensation of workers
5. Description of the logging
equipment
6. Study
methodology and analysis of data
6.1 Work and time study on felling and
extraction
6.2 Estimating
production rates in felling and extraction
6.3 Cost estimates for harvesting
operations
6.4 Estimated wood
waste
6.5 Estimated damage to residual
trees
6.6 Qualitative assessment of
environmental impacts
6.7 Canopy
gaps
7.
Discussion of results-progress towards environmentally sound forest
harvesting
References
Appendix 1. List of tree
species
Potentially
commercial tree species
Protected tree
species
Appendix
2. Time study data for felling operations
Appendix 3. Time study data
for extraction operations
Appendix 4. Stem and crown
damage data