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Qualitative evaluation and optimization of forest road network to minimize total costs and environmental impacts

open access: yesiForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2012
An efficient and low-cost transportation network is necessary for sustainable management. Roading and log skidding are the most expensive and destructive operations in forest environment, unless carefully planned and evaluated.
Hayati E, Majnounian B, Abdi E
doaj   +4 more sources

Temporal analysis of the traffic loads on forest road networks [PDF]

open access: yesiForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2013
The management of forest road networks is usually influenced by the traffic generated by wood transportation. In order to analyze the distribution and intensity of traffic generated by wood transportation in an Alpine region, the study considered a 21 ...
Grigolato S, Pellegrini M, Cavalli R
doaj   +6 more sources

Assessment of Forest Road Network Alternatives for Pine Resin Extraction [PDF]

open access: yesJurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2013
Pine resin, one type of non-timber forest products (NTFPs), is important for Indonesia.   In addition to its high economic value, pine resin also has bright domestic and international market prospects.
Ahmad Budiaman, Heryana Heryana
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Determination of the optimal density of the forest road network [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Forest Science, 2019
The forest road network is invariably linked to forestry and logging, as it transports logging products and products needed for forestry activities. Constructing and maintaining it in good condition are essential. In view of the economic situation in the
Tihomir Krumov
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Assessing Forest Road Network Suitability in Relation to the Spatial Occurrence of Wildfires in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems

open access: yesFire
Identifying the relationship between forest roads and wildfires in forest ecosystems is a crucial priority to integrate suppression and prevention within wildfire management.
Mohsen Mostafa   +4 more
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Evaluating the Effects of Improving Forest Road Standards on Economic Value of Forest Products

open access: yesCroatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2021
Forest roads are the key infrastructures that provide access to forest areas for sustainable management, protection, and utilization of forest resources.
Abdullah E. Akay   +4 more
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Challenges in Forest Road Maintenance in North America

open access: yesCroatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2021
Maintenance is a key component of managing a forest road network. Forest road networks in North America are managed to provide economic access to forest resources while minimizing the environmental impacts of those roads.
Elizabeth M. Dodson
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Ecological criterion effect on the forest road network longitudinal gradient

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013
The specific way in which a forest road is designed affects the management in the forest environment and timber transport. The aim of this study was to find out whether an inclusion of the ecological criterion in the forest road design will change the ...
Petr Hrůza
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Technical assessment of forest road network using Backmund and surface distribution algorithm in a hardwood forest of Hyrcanian zone

open access: yesForest Systems, 2016
Aim of study: Corrected Backmund and Surface Distribution Algorithms (SDA) for analysis of forest road network are introduced and presented in this study.
Aidin Parsakhoo
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