Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia

Several Indonesian plywood industry companies involved in logging are beginning to adopt improved harvesting practices. A number of organizations and individuals have undertaken analyses of the costs and impacts of implementing selected reduced impact logging (RIL) components. These analyses include...

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Main Author: Applegate, G.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2002
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18567
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description Several Indonesian plywood industry companies involved in logging are beginning to adopt improved harvesting practices. A number of organizations and individuals have undertaken analyses of the costs and impacts of implementing selected reduced impact logging (RIL) components. These analyses include cost estimates of the impact of RIL compared with conventional logging (CL). This work has been undertaken in an attempt to provide support for the adoption of the various RIL components. While there is a general consensus on the benefits of RIL to the forest environment compared to CL, there is considerable disparitiy in the estimates in the financial costs of RIL in comparison to CL in Indonesia. This paper summarizes the results from four case studies of harvesting operation in Indonesia where selected components of RIL have been implemented. The results of the case studies indicate the following: difficulties in determining harvesting costs by component and activity that reflect the reality of commercial operations; inadequate provision of realistic cost estimates; and the need to understand the cost implications of the interrelationships among harveting components. It concludes with recommendations to assist with increase adoption of improved harvesting practices.
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spelling CGSpace185672025-01-24T14:12:14Z Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia Applegate, G. forest economics logging reduced impact logging cost benefit analysis case studies tropical forests conferences Several Indonesian plywood industry companies involved in logging are beginning to adopt improved harvesting practices. A number of organizations and individuals have undertaken analyses of the costs and impacts of implementing selected reduced impact logging (RIL) components. These analyses include cost estimates of the impact of RIL compared with conventional logging (CL). This work has been undertaken in an attempt to provide support for the adoption of the various RIL components. While there is a general consensus on the benefits of RIL to the forest environment compared to CL, there is considerable disparitiy in the estimates in the financial costs of RIL in comparison to CL in Indonesia. This paper summarizes the results from four case studies of harvesting operation in Indonesia where selected components of RIL have been implemented. The results of the case studies indicate the following: difficulties in determining harvesting costs by component and activity that reflect the reality of commercial operations; inadequate provision of realistic cost estimates; and the need to understand the cost implications of the interrelationships among harveting components. It concludes with recommendations to assist with increase adoption of improved harvesting practices. 2002 2012-06-04T09:08:34Z 2012-06-04T09:08:34Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/18567 en Open Access Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Applegate, G. 2002. Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia . RAP Publication No.2002/14. In: Enters, T., Durst, P.B., Applegate, G.B., Kho, P.C.S., Man, G. (eds.). Applying reduced impact logging to advance sustainable forest management. Bangkok, Thailand, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. 163-173 ISBN: 974-7946-23-8..
spellingShingle forest economics
logging
reduced impact logging
cost benefit analysis
case studies
tropical forests
conferences
Applegate, G.
Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia
title Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia
title_full Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia
title_fullStr Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia
title_short Financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in Indonesia
title_sort financial costs of reduced impact timber harvesting in indonesia
topic forest economics
logging
reduced impact logging
cost benefit analysis
case studies
tropical forests
conferences
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