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The section Introduction on tropical forest management (TFM) provides an insight of the present areas under sustainable forest management where systematic management planning is applied. Furthermore comparative inventory and silviculture data on different tropical forest ecosystems are provided. These are convincing enough to draw conclusions that only details in the local application of forest management planning are different. The subject TFM is dealt in three sections: Multifunctional forest management planning sets the logic how productive areas should be identified and mapped. In the section of yield regulation, the respective approach for Malaysian conditions is explained. It is suggested that the Malaysian yield regulation could be applied, considering the specific differences, in any other tropical high forest of the similar ecotype and structure. Finally a generic forest management plan preparation is presented based on international experience.

Compiled by L. Pancel with contributions from Günther Haase, Werner Schindele, and Michael Köhl

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Adapted from Haase and Schindele 2005a

  2. 2.

    Adapted from Haase and Schindele 2005b

  3. 3.

    From SAF (1971)

Abbreviations

AAC :

Annual allowable cut

AACa :

AAC calculated with area control formula

AACd :

AAC calculated based on DIPSIM

AACfinal :

Finally determined AAC

AACh :

AAC calculated with Heyer formula

AACph :

AAC calculated with Paulsen-Hundeshagen

AACprel :

Preliminary AAC

AACTP1:

AAC for TP1 timber production areas

AACTP2 :

AAC for TP2 timber production areas

AC :

Allowable cut (for the whole planning period)

Ca :

Annual coupe

Ct :

Total coupe for the whole planning period

Ct-prel :

Preliminary total coupe for the whole planning period

DFO :

District forest officer

DIPSIM :

Dipterocarp Forest Growth Simulator Model

fd :

Damage factor

fdTP1 :

Damage factor for TP1 areas (ground-based logging)

fdTP2 :

Damage factor for TP2 areas (soil-conserving harvesting systems)

fi :

Felling intensity factor (accounts for losses at harvesting)

fi1 :

Felling intensity factor in relation to harvestable volume

fi2 :

Felling intensity factor in relation to total volume

FMIS :

Forest Management Information System

FMPG :

Forest Management Planning Guidelines

FMU :

Forest management unit

hc :

Harvesting cycle

Ic :

Mean annual increment at current stocking

It :

Mean annual increment at target stocking

m 3 :

Cubic meters

MIDAP :

Management Inventory Data Analysis Program

NPA :

Net production area

NPAannual :

Annual net production area

NPAharv :

Harvestable net production area

NPAtot :

Total net production area

NPATP1 :

Net production area in TP1 timber production zone post-F post felling inventory

NPATP2 :

Net production area in TP2 timber production zone

tad :

Adjustment period

TP1 :

Timber Production Zone 1 (ground-based skidding systems permitted)

TP2 :

Timber Production Zone 2 (only soil-conserving harvesting systems permitted)

Vc :

Current standing stock of commercial species

Vharv :

Harvestable standing stock (above cutting limit)

Vt :

Target standing stock of commercial species

Vharvvir :

Harvestable standing stock of virgin forest

Vtresh :

Maximum harvestable volume = 85 cbm/ha

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  1. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, La Libertad, El Salvador

    Laslo Pancel

  2. Senior Forestry Expert, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Günther Haase

  3. Forest management expert and Independent Consultant, Hamburg, Germany

    Werner Schindele

  4. University of Hamburg, Center for Wood Sciences, Institute for World Forestry, Hamburg, Germany

    Michael Köhl

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  2. Inst. Weltforstwirtschaft, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft, Hamburg, Germany

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Pancel, L., Haase, G., Schindele, W., Köhl, M. (2015). Tropical Forest Management Planning. In: Pancel, L., Köhl, M. (eds) Tropical Forestry Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41554-8_281-2

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