3.01.02 - Road engineering and management
Unit 3.01.02
UNIT NOTICEBOARD
WEBINAR SERIES: FOREST ROADS: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Coming up next: Asia
Speaker | Region | Date | Link |
Dr. C. Kevin Lyons | Western North America | September 29, 2020 | Video recording: |
Dr. Stelian Alexandru Borz | Europe | December 1, 2020 | Video recording: |
Mr. Muedanyi Ramantswana | Southern Africa | February 9, 2021 | Video recording: |
Dr. Hideo Sakai | Asia | April 15, 2021 | Video recording: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_cpejv19h |
Mr. Campbell Harvey and | New Zealand | June 1, 2021, 5:00pm to 6:00pm UTC June 2, 2021, 5:00am to 6:00am NZST |
Charles Kevin Lyons, United States
Stelian Alexandru Borz, Romania
Mufhumudzi Muedanyi Ramantswana, South Africa
Hideo Sakai, Japan
About Unit
SCOPE
Road engineering and management including the design, construction, and use of forest roads.
OBJECTIVES
To provide a geographically diverse source of expertise for forest road engineering, and through research and extension to help develop solutions that satisfy operational demands and that satisfy societal and environmental expectations.
State of Knowledge
Africa: South African forest road handbook. FESA. 214p
https://www.icfr.ukzn.ac.za/publications/south-african-forest-road-handbook
North America: Handbook for forest, ranch, and rural roads. The Mendocino County Resource Conservation District. 420p.
http://www.pacificwatershed.com/sites/default/files/roadsenglishbookapril2015b_0.pdf
U. S. A.: Low-Volume Roads Engineering. 158p.
https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADB595.pdf
Canada, British Columbia: Forest road engineering guidebook. 208p.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/natural-resource-use/resource-roads/forest_road_engineering_guidebook.pdf
New Zealand: New Zealand Forest Road Engineering Manual. 150p.
https://www.nzfoa.org.nz/resources/file-libraries-resources/transport-and-roading/484-nz-forest-road-engineering-manual-2012/file
South America: Manual on introduction to forest roads, and considerations for reduced impact logging. 85p.
http://www.itto.int/files/itto_project_db_input/2560/Technical/Manual%20on%20Introduction%20to%20Forest%20Roads%20ver%202010.pdf
Australia, Tasmania: Forest Practices Code 2015. 120p.
https://www.fpa.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/132455/Forest_Practices_Code_2015.pdf
Europe: Forest road manual. Guidelines for the design, construction and management of forest roads. COFORD. 156p
https://www.unirc.it/documentazione/materiale_didattico/598_2007_39_832.pdf
Finland: Metsätieohjeisto. 96p.
http://metsate1.asiakkaat.sigmatic.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Tieohjeisto_osa_1_Tekstiosa.pdf
Ireland: Forest Road Manual－Guidelines for the Design, Construction and Management of Forest Roads.156p.
http://www.coford.ie/media/coford/content/publications/projectreports/ForestRoadManual.pdf