Elephants in logging operations in Sri Lanka
28 May 2014
28 May 2014
This study forms part of a series initiated by the Forest Harvesting and Transport Branch, FAO, Rome, to assist developing countries in promoting forest harvesting systems, techniques and methods that are simultaneously user- and environmentally-friendly _ enhancing productivity, reducing wood waste and looking at the totality of forest-related activities in...
Fiji forest harvesting code of practice
28 May 2014
28 May 2014
Fiji is endowed with extensive forest resources that provide important environmental, social and economic benefits to its people. The wise use of these resources is essential if their multiple values are to be maintained for the benefit of future generations.
Forest harvesting can generate many economic and social benefits. However, poor...
The NZ Environmental Code of Practice for Plantation Forestry (E-CoP) is intended to replace the New Zealand Forestry Code of Practice (the LIRO Code) that was first published in 1990 and revised in 1993. The new code up-dates the information contained in the original LIRO Code; however, the focus has...
The study was carried out in the tropical natural forest of the Amazon near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Precious Woods Company Ltd. initiated the project to demonstrate the economic viability of sustainable forest management integrated with a wood-processing industry. This, as an alternative to the timber exploitation usually carried out in...
The Seminar on Environmentally Sound Forest Roads and Wood Transport was held in Sinaia, Romania, at the invitation of the Government of Romania. The Seminar was held from 17 to 22 June 1996. One hundred and four participants from the following 22 countries attended: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Finland,...
This report presents findings of a case study on forest harvesting in natural forest of the Congo. The overall objective is to contribute to the development of sustainable forest management in the tropics through the establishment of credible data on forest harvesting practices and harvesting impacts in tropical high forests.
The...
The impact of timber harvesting on the availability of non-wood forest products in the Congo Basin
28 February 2014
28 February 2014
This case study is one of a series of publications produced by the Forest Products Service of FAO in an effort to promote environmentally sound forest harvesting and engineering practices.
The purpose of these studies is to highlight both the promise of environmentally sound forest harvesting technologies as a component of...
Reduction of wood waste by small-scale log production and conversion in tropical high forests
11 February 2014
11 February 2014
Studies by FAO have shown that nearly half of the timber volume felled during commercial harvesting operations in tropical forests remains in the forest as unutilized residues after the loggers have departed. Utilizing even a fraction of these residues would help extend the tropical forest resource and would reduce the...
This report represents a collection of papers on recent efforts to develop guidelines and codes of practices in forest operations and engineering. The papers were presented at the "Meeting of Experts on Forest Practices" which was held from 11-14 December 1994 at the Food and Agriculture Development Center of the...
Regional code of practice for reduced impact logging in tropical moist forests of West and Central Africa
10 February 2014
10 February 2014
The publication is directed at forest authorities of member countries, practitioners on the ground and all partners who have joined forces to promote sustainable forest management in the region. This regional code is intended to set guidelines for the implementation of reduced-impact harvesting concepts in the region and to serve...