Bridging the Gap: linking timber trade with infrastructural ...

DESCRIPTION OF
INDICATOR
BASELINE DATA
TIME
FUTURE DATA
COLLECTION
PRIORITY
8. Species-Specific Indicators
8.1 Hymenaea verrucosa
Class V
8.2 Trichilia emetica
Class V
8.3 Pterocarpus angolensis
Class II
8.4 Swartzia madagascarensis
Class II
8.5 Afzelia quanzensis
Class II
8.6 Millettia stuhlmannii
Class II
8.7 Afrormosia angolensis
Class V
8.8 Erythrophleum africanum
Class IV
8.9 Milicia exelsa
Class II
8.10 Dalbergia melanoxylon
Class I
41% all harvest licences in study area; 53% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
3% large logs; 54% small logs; 43% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
65% increase in licence volumes; 10% increase in overall species composition
21% all harvest licences in study area; 13% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
1% large logs; 20% small logs; 79% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
238% increase in licence volumes; 13% increase in overall species composition
11% all harvest licences in study area; 15% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
0% large logs; 5% small logs; 95% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
41% decrease in harvest licences; 12% decrease in overall species composition
7% all harvest licences in study area; 5% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
100% large logs; 0% small logs; 0% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
17% increase in harvest licences; Negligible change in species composition
7% all harvest licences in study area; 5% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
7% large logs; 19% small logs; 74% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
21% decrease in harvest licences; 4% decrease in overall species composition
3% all harvest licences in study area; 1% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
47% large logs; 0% small logs; 53% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
15% increase in harvest licences; Negligible change in species composition
3% all harvest licences in study area; 2% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
100% large logs; 0% small logs; 0% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
17% decrease in harvest licences; 1% decrease in overall species composition
3% all harvest licences in study area; 0.2% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
0% large logs; 0% small logs; 100% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
408% increase in harvest licences; 2% increase in overall species composition
1% all harvest licences in study area; 0% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
0% large logs; 0% small logs; 0% planks recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
15% increase in harvest licences; Negligible change in species composition
1% all harvest licences in study area; 0.4% all timber recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
Carvings and ‘firewood’ recorded at Kibiti checkpoint
47% decrease in harvest licences; 2% decrease in overall species composition
2001
2001
2000-2001
Data not currently analysed by
government authorities but are
available from district harvest
licences and checkpoint records
High
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