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Chainsaw milling, an appropriate technology to increase benefits from on-farm trees — last modified 2006-06-20 06:06

This presentation is to accompany a demonstration of chainsaw milling at the Farm Woodland Forum 2006, where the training posters will be displayed and other project outputs disseminated. Correct citation: Pasiecznik NM, Brewer MCM. 2006. Chainsaw milling, an appropriate technology to increase benefits from on-farm trees. Demonstration, poster and presentation. In: Benefits of Farm Woodlands and Agroforestry in UK Lowlands. Third Annual Meeting of the Farm Woodland Forum, 27-28 June 2006. Northmoor Trust, Oxford, UK. Only the abstract is included here.

Chainsaw milling outside forests — last modified 2006-04-26 08:49

An edited version of this summary article was published by the Overstory on 24 April 2006, and disseminated to subscribers in over 175 countries. It offers readers an overview of the issues related to chainsaw milling outside forests and how to actualise the potential and reduce associated risks. Correct citation: Pasiecznik NM. 2006. The potential of chainsaw milling outside forests. The Overstory No. 171. Agroforestry Net, Hawaii, USA. www.agroforestry.net.

Turning trees to timber - A trip to Kenya — last modified 2006-08-22 08:27

This article gives a light-hearted first hand view of the first chainsaw milling training courses conducted in Kenya as part of the project, by Mark Brewer, the chainsaw trainer. The version below appeared in the July 2006 issue of Forest Machine Journal (pages 22-23), also containing a review of the Chainsaw Milling Manual (page 11). Thanks to Mark Andrews, editor of FMJ (www.forestmachinejournal.com).