Journal article
Forest dynamics after selective timber harvesting in Papua New Guinea
CK Yosi, RJ Keenan, JC Fox
Forest Ecology and Management | Published : 2011
Abstract
Forest dynamics after timber harvesting is a major issue for tropical forest managers and communities. Timber harvesting provides income to communities and governments and resources to industry but it has also been identified as a potential contributor to deforestation and degradation of tropical forests. In Papua New Guinea (PNG) harvesting is primarily occurring in accessible primary forests however, the fate of these forests under current harvesting practices is poorly understood.In this study we investigated the impacts of selective harvesting on stand structure, growth and dynamics, recovery and degradation, and species diversity. We also assessed the impacts of forest fire after the 19..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The PNGFA, PNGFRI, and ITTO are acknowledged for the use of their permanent sample plot dataset for this study. The primary author and a team from PNGFRI were involved in the permanent sample plot data collection funded by ITTO from 1993 to 1999; and by the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR) from 2000 to 2007 (currently re-measurements are still being funded by ACIAR). The primary author is currently studying for a PhD at The University of Melbourne, funded by the ACIAR John Allwright fellowship. PNGFRI staff at the Sustainable Forest Management Research section who assisted in the permanent sample plot data collection are gratefully acknowledged.