Logging and Log Transport in Tropical High Forest: A Manual on Production and Costs

Logging and Log Transport in Tropical High Forest: A Manual on Production and Costs

Year of publication 1974

Pages 102 p.

Product type Document

Category Manual / guide

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Written information on methods, production and costs of logging and transport in the developing parts of the world, especially for opetations in tropical high forest, is scarce as compared to that available for industrialized countries. The first purpose of this paper is to focus attention on the analytic approach needed for the quantification of output and cost and on the influence of physical and economic conditions on production. The second purpose is to present production and cost data as fa r as available information permits.

Language English

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