Back to the Future: The Persistence of Horse Skidding in Large Scale Industrial Community Forests in Chihuahua, Mexico

Back to the Future: The Persistence of Horse Skidding in Large Scale Industrial Community Forests in Chihuahua, Mexico

Horse skidding for extracting logwood is characterized as a niche activity in small-scale forestry, limited to small tracts and low volumes, where environmental impacts and aesthetics are concerned, and to operations with no wood-processing facilities. This article documents and analyzes the widespr...

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Main Authors: David Barton Bray, Elvira Duran, Javier Hernández-Salas, Concepción Luján-Alvarez, Miguel Olivas-García, Iván Grijalva-Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-11-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
Mexico
Chihuahua
animal traction
horse skidding
low-carbon forestry
reduced-impact logging
small-scale forestry
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/7/11/283

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