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Forest Road Operations in the Tropics
John . Ed(S): Sessions
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Description for Forest Road Operations in the Tropics
Hardback. Brings together information on road planning, location, design, construction and maintenance to support environmentally acceptable operations in tropical forests. This book highlights the challenges of road operations in the tropics, includes techniques that have been shown to be successful, and discusses various technologies. Editor(s): Sessions, John. Series: Tropical Forestry. Num Pages: 183 pages, 25 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QMT; RGBL; RNF; RPT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 245 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Forest road operations include all the activities to plan, design, construct, and maintain the infrastructure needed to move forest products from the ro- side to the mill or port destination. Poor road management can jeopardize the economics of the forestry enterprise and can impact water quality and wildlife habitat. Sustainable forest management is concerned with management of the tra- portation infrastructure in such a way that efficient transportation is provided while controlling adverse environmental impacts. Much of the direct impact of forest roads can be reduced through proper planning and control of road location, design, construction, and maintenance using principles, ... Read more
Forest road operations include all the activities to plan, design, construct, and maintain the infrastructure needed to move forest products from the ro- side to the mill or port destination. Poor road management can jeopardize the economics of the forestry enterprise and can impact water quality and wildlife habitat. Sustainable forest management is concerned with management of the tra- portation infrastructure in such a way that efficient transportation is provided while controlling adverse environmental impacts. Much of the direct impact of forest roads can be reduced through proper planning and control of road location, design, construction, and maintenance using principles, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
183
Condition
New
Series
Tropical Forestry
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540463924
SKU
V9783540463924
Shipping Time
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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 was harvesting manager in the Amazon, conducted reduced impact logging evaluations in Malaysia, transportation planning workshops in Africa and forest transportation feasibility ... Read more
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