In the past decade in China harvesting activities have not been in the focus of forestry research, resulting in a lack of technical development and knowledge. This is especially true, where forest plantation are situated in steep terrain, where harvesting in a challenge in economical, organization and safety aspects.
Up to today in most cases small dimensioned trees are going to be harvested, using motor-manual techniques with intensive labor input.
The two main objectives of this working package will be:
Responsible scientist:
University Freiburg, Institute of Forest Utilization and Work Science
Industrial partners: