Reducing Waste During Logging and Log Processing: Forest Conservation in Eastern Amazonia

Authors

Jeffrey J. Gerwing, Portland State UniversityFollow
Jennifer S. Johns, Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway
Edson Vidal

Published In

Unasylva

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Subjects

Logging -- Amazon River Region, Forest and forestry -- Brazil, Logging -- Environmental aspects -- Brazil, Forest conservation

Abstract

This article describes the waste associated with logging and log processing in eastern Amazonia and suggests methods for reducing both waste and forest damage as a result of logging.

Description

Originally appeared in Unasylva, No. 187, published by the Food and Agriculture Association of the United Nations.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12414

Citation Details

Gerwing, J. J., J. S. Johns, and E. Vidal. "Reducing Waste During Logging and Log Processing: Forest Conservation in Eastern Amazonia." UNASYLVA-FAO- (1996): 17-25.