This guidebook and series of factsheets present appropriate harvesting and transport technologies available to local communities that can help them realize their greater share in the primary stages of timber and bamboo-based value chains.
Appropriate small-scale forest harvesting technologies for Southeast Asia: guide and factsheets
February 2016
This guidebook - accompained by a series of factsheets - on appropriate harvesting and transport technologies highlights the available options to local...
Appropriate small-scale forest harvesting technologies for Southeast Asia: manual downhill drifting
December 2015
Steep-slope harvesting probably poses the biggest challenges in forest harvesting throughout the world. Traditionally, on slopes above 30 percent,...
Appropriate small-scale forest harvesting technologies for Southeast Asia: chainsaws
December 2015
The introduction and safe use of chainsaws is arguably the biggest improvement in small-scale forestry harvesting. Felling timber with chainsaws can be...
Appropriate small-scale forest harvesting technologies for Southeast Asia: log chutes
December 2015
Wooden chutes for big, heavy timber built with round logs can provide permanent transportation solutions. However, their use in tropical natural forests cannot...
Appropriate small-scale forest harvesting technologies for Southeast Asia: hand tools
December 2015
Hand tools are the most commonly used for subsistence or household use when harvesting bamboo or fuelwood. Axes, two-man handsaws and other hand tools are...