Harvesting (WP3)
Increasing productivity and cost-efficiency in timber harvesting and extraction
Increasing productivity and cost-efficiency in timber harvesting and extraction
Forest harvesting and collection are the most cost and fuel intensive parts of forest management. Efficiency improvements here offer the most leverage in terms of improving economic accessibility to larger volumes of wood.
Work package leader
Gernot Erber, BOKU
gernot.erber(@)boku.ac.at
Objectives
Elaborating on silvicultural aspects (WP2) and also building on soil and stand damage analysis (WP4), WP3 will provide the basic data (e.g. productivity levels, fuel use rates) for benchmarking tasks (WP5 and WP6) and impact assessment (WP7). It also provides results for dissemination and exploitation opportunities (WP8) – while maintaining ecological and social sustainability in line with EU forest strategy.
The primary objectives of work package 3 are:
Expected results
WP3 is expected to have a significant impact on the way harvesting operations are carried out. The primary results are: