Indonesian Journal of Forestry Research
Vol 3, No 2 (2006): Journal of Forestry Research

LOWEST POSSIBLE FELLING TECHNIQUE FOR INCREASING UTILIZATION OF RENGHAS (Gluta renghas L.) WOOD AT A PEAT SWAMP FOREST

Sona Suhartana (Forest Products Research and Development Center)
Yuniawati Yuniawati (Forest Products Research and Development Center)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Jul 2006

Abstract

This study was carried out in 2005 at a peat swamp forest company in Jambi. The aim of this study was to find out a technique to increase the utilization of renghas wood in a peat swamp forest by implementing the lowest possible felling technique (LPFT) and  the conventional felling technique (CFT). Data collected in this study were: working time, log volume, waste volume, productivity, efficiency, stump height and felling cost. Two data categories were analyzed with respect to their possible differences by using a t-test.The study showed that the implementation of LPFT produced better results compared to that of CFT which was indicated by: (1) Felling productivity increased to 5.220 m3/hour, (2) Felling cost decreased Rp 341/m3, (3) Felling efficiency increased 3.2%, and (4) The average stump heights were 41.2 cm for LPFT and 67.5 cm for CFT.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJFR

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry

Description

Indonesian Journal of Forestry Research (IJFR) was first published as Journal of Forestry Research (JFR) on November 2004. The last issue of JFR was Volume 10 Number 2 published on December 2013. The Journal of Forestry Research has been accredited by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences since 2008. ...