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ContentsForewordAcknowledgementsPrefaceExecutive SummaryChapter 1. Introduction 11.1 Background 11.2 Illegal logging and the VPA 31.3 Public debate on chainsaw milling 41.4 Main approaches followed in previous studies 41.5 Scope of this report 5Chapter 2. Evolution of chainsaw policy 62.1 Historical development 62.2 Policy responses 8Chapter 3. Timber production and trade 113.1 Structure of chainsaw milling 113.2 Regulatory context 133.2.1 Scope of prohibition 133.2.2 Land ownership and chainsaw milling 133.2.3 Transporting chainsawn lumber 143.3 Chainsaw milling operations 143.3.1 Access to trees 143.3.2 Production operations 173.3.3 Transporting chainsawn lumber 193.4 Marketing chainsawn lumber 203.4.1 Domestic markets 203.4.2 Stocks, sales and species 203.4.3 Consumers of chainsaw products in the domestic market 213.4.4 Prices 223.5 Chainsaw milling harvesting and production estimates 223.5.1 Timber harvest and production through chainsaw operations 223.5.2 Conversion efficiency 233.5.3 Consumption of chainsawn lumber by the domestic market 243.6 Financing, costs and benefits of operations 263.6.1 Investment 263.6.2 Production costs 273.6.3 Profitability 283.6.4 Revenue distribution 283.6.5 Informal payments 29viiviiiixxi