Claim · model-written summary
Using the branchwood was estimated to conserve about 6 hectares of forest land.
- Taxon
- treese1
- Outcome
- preserving or conservinge0
- Value
- about 6 hectarese0
- Qualifier
- should branchwood be extracted for usee0
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Verbatim
e0“This percentage translates into preserving or conserving about 6 hectares of forest land area, should branchwood be extracted for use.”
e1“106 felled trees”
Title
PETER KESSELS DADZIE American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 2013. doi:10.11648/j.ajaf.20130102.12
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Merchantable branchwood volume in Pterygota macrocarpa was 2.302% of extracted stemwood volume.
- Observation Merchantable branchwood volume in Khaya spp. was 63.841% of extracted stemwood volume.
- Observation Average merchantable branchwood volume across 106 felled trees was 28.602% of extracted stemwood volume.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that branchwood is sufficient for commercial lumber production to supplement stemwood and reduce forest depletion.