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Introduction
Up one level"The potential of chainsaw milling for improving rural livelihoods" project resulted from a response to a DFID Forestry Research Programme Call for Proposals in the autumn of 2004. A concept note was submitted on 4 February 2005. The project was granted funding in Spetember 2005 (R8510), and officially ended on 31 January 2006, coinciding with the end of the Programme itself after 40 years. See the Forestry Research Programme website for further details (www.frp.uk.com/).
- Acknowledgements — last modified 2006-12-17 13:39
- Thanks to project collaborators and co-authors, John Samuel, Clemens Fehr and Mark Brewer, to project coordinator Melissa Harvey, and Sammy Carsan, Simon Choge, George Muthike, Andrew Muita and Samuel Nabea for their work in Kenya. This publication is an output from a research project funded by the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) for the benefit of developing countries. The views expressed are not necessarily those of DFID. R8510 Forestry Research Programme.
- Disclaimer — last modified 2006-04-12 14:10
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- Concept note — last modified 2006-04-13 09:30
- The original call for proposals reated specifically to chainsaw logging, though the concept note presented to the UKs Forestry Research Programme proposed why a study on chainsaw milling alone rather than on chainsaw logging and milling combined, and specifically outside of forests rather than within them, was necessary, even when the principal concern raised was the use of chainsaws in procuring and processing illegal exploited timber. The concept note is included below along with acknowledgements and disclaimer, as the points raised remain valid, and they form a logical outline and guide to the review and study that follows.