• KN 3 Rd, Kicukiro - Kigali - Rwanda

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Forest Management

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Tree plantation establishment and management
Associated skills/Training need
  • Tree species to site matching
  • Tree plantation techniques
  • Tree management techniques (pruning, thinning, weed control, digging ditches)
  • Pest and diseases control in a plantation
  • Forest fire control and protection
  • Technical monitoring and evaluation of tree plantations
  • Primary wood Processing planning
Forest harvesting
Associated skills/Training need
  • Forest inventory and mensuration (Stock valuation in m3)
  • Forest harvesting techniques
  • Manipulation of tools and equipment used in tree harvesting (Chainsaw)
  • Wood transportation/extraction methods
  • Timber/logs grading requirements/ Round timber grading and valuation
  • Safety in tree harvesting
  • Additional Silvicultural services
  • First preservation techniques immediately after harvesting, including for example preventing scolytes, platypodidae, bostrichidae, cerambicidae, lymexyloinidae attacks.
  • Wood pre-treatment methods to prevent microorganisms (Decay fungi), insects (powder post beetles, termites and carpenter ants) and marine borers