Land resource assessment of Northern Belize (NRI Bulletin 43, Volume 2 of 2)

The land resource assessment was undertaken from July 1989 to June 1990 by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of the Overseas Development Administration (ODA), assisted by Mr. A. C. S. Wright, and Dr. M. Holder of Central Farm. The main object of the survey was to produce an updated land suitability assessment of Orange Walk, Corozal, Belize and Cayo districts which had not already been surveyed by Jenkin et al. (1976) and King et al. (1989). In addition, this survey would provide a land suitability assessment for the Belize Valley based on the soil mapping of )en kin et al. Thus, together with the land resource assessments of Toledo and Stann Creek districts (King et al., 1986, 1989 respectively), a land suitability assessment for the whole of Belize is now available

Land resource assessment of Northern Belize (NRI Bulletin 43, Volume 1 of 2)

The land resource assessment was undertaken from July 1989 to June 1990 by the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) of the Overseas Development Administration (ODA), assisted by Mr. A. C. S. Wright, and Dr. M. Holder of Central Farm. The main object of the survey was to produce an updated land suitability assessment of Orange Walk, Corozal, Belize and Cayo districts which had not already been surveyed by Jenkin et al. (1976) and King et al. (1989). In addition, this survey would provide a land suitability assessment for the Belize Valley based on the soil mapping of )en kin et al. Thus, together with the land resource assessments of Toledo and Stann Creek districts (King et al., 1986, 1989 respectively), a land suitability assessment for the whole of Belize is now available

Forestry development prospects in the Imatong Central Forest Reserve, Southern Sudan: volume 3 (maps)

An area of nearly 10000 ha has been demarcated in the Ngairigi and Upper Kinyeti Basins for the development of softwood plantations. Some 6 000 ha of the area selected has been designated Class 1 land, having no or only minor limitations for plantation development. An enumeration of 490.8 ha of existing plantations has revealed a standing volume of 127 000 m3. Recommendations are made for clear felling 274.8 ha, which can be expected to yield about 84 900 m3, for thinning 152.2 ha, which would yield about 9 800 m3, for pruning 99.4 ha and for weeding, cleaning and beating up 60.0 ha. Of the area selected for plantation development, 6405.6 ha are covered by vegetation types containing merchantable timber species. These types include Croton - Macaranga - Albizia forest, Olea - Podocarpus closed forest, Podocarpus - Syzygium open forest and Podocarpus - Dombeya open forest and together they contain about 841 500 m3 of timber of which 186000 m3 is Podocarpus and 203600 m3 is established hardwoods. An enumeration of the Talanga forest showed that there was a standing volume of about 258500 m3 over some 2 135.7 ha, and this would keep the Katire sawmill supplied with timber for between 5 and 11 years, depending upon the area over which it proved possible to extract economically.</p

Forestry development prospects in the Imatong Central Forest Reserve, Southern Sudan: volume 1 (summary)

This report is issued with the permission of the Sudanese Government and covers the selection of accessible areas within the Imatong Central Forest Reserve suitable for the establishment of 10 000 ha of softwood plantations, the assessment of the forest likely to be cleared during the establishment of the new plantations, the assessment of the existing softwood plantations and the assessment of forest areas suitable for exploitation by the Katire sawmill. The fieldwork was undertaken between January and April 1976 and an interim report was issued in May 1976 (Jenkin et al., 1976). In 1974, following a visit to the area by the British Ministry of Overseas Development's (ODM's) Forestry Adviser, the Southern Regional Authorities asked ODM for help in developing the Reserve; a pre-appraisal mission organised jointly by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC), ODM and the Sudanese Government visited the area in November 1975. It was that mission that prepared the detailed terms of reference (Dorward et al., 1976) for the present study.</p

Forestry development prospects in the Imatong Central Forest Reserve, Southern Sudan: volume 2 (main report): Land resource study no.28 (2)

An area of nearly 10000 ha has been demarcated in the Ngairigi and Upper Kinyeti Basins for the development of softwood plantations. Some 6 000 ha of the area selected has been designated Class 1 land, having no or only minor limitations for plantation development. An enumeration of 490.8 ha of existing plantations has revealed a standing volume of 127 000 m3. Recommendations are made for clear felling 274.8 ha, which can be expected to yield about 84 900 m3, for thinning 152.2 ha, which would yield about 9 800 m3, for pruning 99.4 ha and for weeding, cleaning and beating up 60.0 ha. Of the area selected for plantation development, 6405.6 ha are covered by vegetation types containing merchantable timber species. These types include Croton - Macaranga - Albizia forest, Olea - Podocarpus closed forest, Podocarpus - Syzygium open forest and Podocarpus - Dombeya open forest and together they contain about 841 500 m3 of timber of which 186000 m3 is Podocarpus and 203600 m3 is established hardwoods. An enumeration of the Talanga forest showed that there was a standing volume of about 258500 m3 over some 2 135.7 ha, and this would keep the Katire sawmill supplied with timber for between 5 and 11 years, depending upon the area over which it proved possible to extract economically

Forestry development prospects in the Imatong Central Forest Reserve, Southern Sudan: volume 2 (main report)

An area of nearly 10000 ha has been demarcated in the Ngairigi and Upper Kinyeti Basins for the development of softwood plantations. Some 6 000 ha of the area selected has been designated Class 1 land, having no or only minor limitations for plantation development. An enumeration of 490.8 ha of existing plantations has revealed a standing volume of 127 000 m3. Recommendations are made for clear felling 274.8 ha, which can be expected to yield about 84 900 m3, for thinning 152.2 ha, which would yield about 9 800 m3, for pruning 99.4 ha and for weeding, cleaning and beating up 60.0 ha. Of the area selected for plantation development, 6405.6 ha are covered by vegetation types containing merchantable timber species. These types include Croton - Macaranga - Albizia forest, Olea - Podocarpus closed forest, Podocarpus - Syzygium open forest and Podocarpus - Dombeya open forest and together they contain about 841 500 m3 of timber of which 186000 m3 is Podocarpus and 203600 m3 is established hardwoods. An enumeration of the Talanga forest showed that there was a standing volume of about 258500 m3 over some 2 135.7 ha, and this would keep the Katire sawmill supplied with timber for between 5 and 11 years, depending upon the area over which it proved possible to extract economically.</p