It is possible that most of them are engaged in illegal felling of trees.
Once a declaration was lodged a landowner was constrained from felling the trees for a period of six months.
If the same offence is committed the second time, the cutting and felling tools are confiscated.
What is the relative costeffectiveness of alternative management decisions (felling cycle, diameter cutting limit, logging technology)?
Significantly, this includes the almost complete felling of existing woodlands to create a shelter wood with as few as 20-40 stems per hectare.
In places where tree growth following felling resulted in canopy closure, the ground vegetation and general conditions resembled those of the unlogged areas.
All villagers know that others are engaged in illegal felling.
The other alternatives (lengthening the felling cycle and/or increasing the diameter cutting limit) gave little carbon sequestration per hectare or were expensive.
