Blue Ox Forestry

Recent Projects

Below is a selection of some of our recent consulting projects.

• Development of RILSIM, a Windows-based software package to facilitate rapid financial analysis of reduced-impact logging. Click here for details on this free download for Windows-based computers.

• Preparation of a book on log tracking technology (World Bank)

• Evaluation of projects to promote reduced-impact logging (ITTO)

• Comparative analysis of harvesting intensity and the production of forest residues in developing countries (FAO)

• Environmental impact assessment of oil drilling on privately owned forest lands in Argentina; expert witness in a lawsuit to recover damages from the oil company

• Assist the Center for International Forestry Research to develop a comprehensive program of research and budget (CIFOR)

• Evaluation of a draft Code of Forest Practice for China (ILO and FAO)

• Examination of logging operations in the Congo Basin to advise on revised practices needed to conform to sustainable-management guidelines (USAID and USDA Forest Service)

• Preparation of sustainable forest management policies and procedures for a timber company in the Republic of Congo, to assist the company in its efforts to become certified

• Review of a revised timber concession management program for Cambodia (World Bank)

• Computer programming work for the Forest Engineering Department, Oregon State University: Spreadsheet software for development and analysis of timber harvesting budgets

• Technical editing and publication layout of five Forest Harvesting Case Studies (FAO)