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country est. lumber<br />

production<br />

for <strong>local</strong> market<br />

(m 3 /year)<br />

suriname 10,787 (<strong>to</strong>tal<br />

roundwood<br />

production:<br />

206,970 m 3 ).<br />

africa<br />

Cameroon 662,000: more<br />

than 2 million<br />

m 3 rwE<br />

(almost twice<br />

the industrial<br />

exports of<br />

sawn timber)<br />

Gabon 70,000 m3 (23% of the<br />

industrial<br />

export of<br />

sawn wood)<br />

republic of<br />

Congo<br />

78,000 (35%<br />

of industrial<br />

sawn wood<br />

production)<br />

DrC 1.5–2.4<br />

million (35%<br />

of industrial<br />

production)<br />

Ghana 2.2–2.9<br />

million (rwE)<br />

appENDix 1: ovERviEw oF chaiNsaw milliNg<br />

means of<br />

production<br />

mobile mills and<br />

Csm (20–30%)<br />

mainly freehand<br />

Csm;<br />

aside from<br />

informal sawnwood,<br />

part of the<br />

domestic demand<br />

is provided<br />

by industrial<br />

timber wastes<br />

and community<br />

forests<br />

mainly freehand<br />

Csm<br />

mainly freehand<br />

Csm<br />

mainly freehand<br />

Csm<br />

mainly freehand<br />

Csm<br />

csM policy est. forest<br />

estate<br />

(ha)*<br />

Csm is permitted<br />

but no guidelines<br />

are in place<br />

Csm is mentioned<br />

in the forestry law<br />

but permits are<br />

difficult <strong>to</strong> acquire<br />

the law allows Csm<br />

opera<strong>to</strong>rs <strong>to</strong> apply<br />

for legal logging<br />

authorizations, but<br />

granting has been<br />

very slow<br />

Csm is mentioned<br />

in the forestry law<br />

but but permits are<br />

difficult <strong>to</strong> acquire<br />

Csm activities are<br />

not adequately<br />

covered in<br />

legislation — the<br />

law allows for a<br />

special permit for<br />

small-scale loggers,<br />

but in practice it is<br />

difficult <strong>to</strong> acquire<br />

this permit<br />

Csm is banned<br />

for commercial<br />

purposes; 20% of<br />

sawmill production<br />

is reserved for<br />

domestic market;<br />

aaC: 2 million m 3<br />

per year (not for<br />

Csm)<br />

19.9<br />

million<br />

(42%)<br />

22 million<br />

ha (85%)<br />

22.4<br />

million<br />

(66%)<br />

154.1<br />

million ha<br />

(68%)<br />

4.9 million<br />

ha (22%)<br />

in article<br />

4.5: 2<br />

million ha<br />

(9%)<br />

popula-<br />

tion*<br />

515,000 3.9<br />

19.1<br />

million<br />

1.5<br />

million<br />

3.6<br />

million<br />

64.3<br />

million<br />

23.4<br />

million<br />

article<br />

4.1;<br />

4.2;<br />

4.3<br />

4.1<br />

4.1<br />

4.1;<br />

4.4<br />

4.5;<br />

4.6<br />

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