ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND WOOD HARVESTING IN OMO FOREST RESERVE OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

The depletion of the notion's forest reserves through improper wood harvesting methods is alarming and threatening. The trend has been giving all stakeholders serious concern and it has become imperative for a research to be undertaken to find an alternative and better logging method that is environmentally sound and acceptable. A work study was therefore carried out to assess and compare damages md productivity in both Conventional Logging System (CLS) and Reduced lmpact Logging (RLL) in a Nigerian forest reserves. Data for he study were collected on damages to residual plants and productivity per time per harvesting method using a time study and work analysis approach.