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Harvesting Operations in the Tropics
John . Ed(S): Sessions
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Description for Harvesting Operations in the Tropics
paperback. Editor(s): Sessions, John. Series: Tropical Forestry. Num Pages: 183 pages, 19 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QMT; TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
Harvesting includes all the activities to fell trees and remove them from the forest to the roadside for loading and transport from the forest. Harvesting and extraction operations are the activities that generally cause the most significant impacts on forest managed for timber production. Sustainable forest mana- ment is concerned with management of forests in such a way as to control the impacts associated with harvesting and timber extraction. Harvesting and extraction for sustainable timber production in natural forests are not to be confused with logging associated with land conversion activities such as c- version to permanent or temporary agriculture, ... Read more
Harvesting includes all the activities to fell trees and remove them from the forest to the roadside for loading and transport from the forest. Harvesting and extraction operations are the activities that generally cause the most significant impacts on forest managed for timber production. Sustainable forest mana- ment is concerned with management of forests in such a way as to control the impacts associated with harvesting and timber extraction. Harvesting and extraction for sustainable timber production in natural forests are not to be confused with logging associated with land conversion activities such as c- version to permanent or temporary agriculture, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade Germany
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
Series
Tropical Forestry
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642079764
SKU
V9783642079764
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About John . Ed(S): Sessions
John Sessions is University Distinguished Professor and Stewart Professor of Forest Engineering at Oregon State University. His forestry career spans five decades, forest operations on five continents, including experience in each of the main tropical forest regions. He has demonstrated logging methods in Jamaica, was harvesting manager in the Amazon, conducted reduced impact logging evaluations in Malaysia, transportation planning workshops ... Read more
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