Technical Information on Optimum Harvesting Regiments of Peat Swamp Forests in Peninsular Malaysia

This book is one of the publications of the ITTO-CITES Project of FRIM activity. Although the main activities were conducted under the Levy Funding Grant provided by the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Malaysia, a portion of the study and publication of this book was funded by the ITTO-CITES Project. There are eight chapters in this technical handbook starting from Project background, followed by Development of cutting options, Impact analyses of reduced impact  logging (RIL), Determination of optimum harvesting, Financial evaluation, Productivity and time study of RIL, Hydrological response and ending with Development of a local volume table (LVT) for Gonystylus bancanus in Pekan Forest Reserve, Pahang. It is hoped that information provided in this book will be another important reference to improving the management and conservation of peat swamp forests in our country.