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Figure 16
Volume of round wood harvested from study area by class, 2000-2001
(a) 2000 (b) 2001
Class I
3%
Class I
1%
Class II
28%
Class V
46%
Class II
44%
Class V
66%
Class III
1%
Class IV
4%
Class IV
4%
Class III
3%
Source: District licences, 2000-2001.
Figure 17 illustrates the changes in class composition of wood harvested from the study area by district
between 2000 and 2001, showing two indicators of declining trade in higher value timber compatible with
evidence presented earlier. Firstly, the increase in Class V round wood harvested from Rufiji District,
and secondly the decline in Class I round wood harvested from Nachingwea and Kilwa Districts. It is
possible that the increase in Class V species is fuelled by high profit margins, with selling prices of TZS
300 000 - 425 000/m 3 (Trichilia emetica, Hymenaea verrucosa, Afromosia angolensis) considerably
higher than licence rates (TZS 10 000/m 3 for round wood, equivalent to TZS 30 000/m 3 for sawn wood).
Figure 17
Comparison of volumes of round wood harvested in study area by class, 2000-2001
100%
80%
60%
40%
V
IV
III
II
I
20%
0%
2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001
N achingw ea Ruangw a Liw ale Lindi K ilw a Rufiji
Source: District licence data, 2000-2001.
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