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Reduced-impact logging (RIL) systems are designed to improve the efficiency of timber harvesting, while mitigating adverse effects on residual stands and forest ecological functions. In recent years, RIL systems have been designed and implemented in experimental sites throughout the tropics, though few economic analyses of RIL have been conducted. The lack of information on the economic benefits of RIL relative to conventional logging is an important constraint to its broader adoption by the forest industry. If reduced-impact logging methods yield higher profits than current methods, it may be expected that such methods will be adopted. The objective of the present study is to compare the financial returns for the initial and second cutting cycle harvesting by RIL and conventional logging operations in the Paragominas region of the Brazilian Amazon. A diameter class model of timber growth and yield was developed with pooled data from Brazilian forests to project stand development following harvest. Results of harvest and growth simulations were utilized in the calculation of financial returns to initial and second cutting sycle harvests for each system using discounted cashflow analysis.
Fiscal Year: fy00 ·
Problem Area: pa98-5 ·
Theme: cctrgnas ·
Source: extra
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Forest Economics and Policy |
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USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station |