Become a member
Membership of IUFRO is open to any institution concerned with the promotion, support or conduct of research related to forests, trees and forest products.
SCOPE
Road engineering and management including the design, construction, and use of forest roads.
OBJECTIVES
To provide a geographically diverse source of expertise for forest road engineering, and through research and extension to help develop solutions that satisfy operational demands and that satisfy societal and environmental expectations.
STATE OF KNOWLEDGE
Africa: South African forest road handbook. FESA. 214p
https://www.icfr.ukzn.ac.za/publications/south-african-forest-road-handbook
North America: Handbook for forest, ranch, and rural roads. The Mendocino County Resource Conservation District. 420p.
http://www.pacificwatershed.com/sites/default/files/roadsenglishbookapril2015b_0.pdf
U. S. A.: Low-Volume Roads Engineering. 158p.
https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADB595.pdf
Canada, British Columbia: Forest road engineering guidebook. 208p.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/natural-resource-use/resource-roads/forest_road_engineering_guidebook.pdf
New Zealand: New Zealand Forest Road Engineering Manual. 150p.
https://www.nzfoa.org.nz/resources/file-libraries-resources/transport-and-roading/484-nz-forest-road-engineering-manual-2012/file
South America: Manual on introduction to forest roads, and considerations for reduced impact logging. 85p.
http://www.itto.int/files/itto_project_db_input/2560/Technical/Manual%20on%20Introduction%20to%20Forest%20Roads%20ver%202010.pdf
Australia, Tasmania: Forest Practices Code 2015. 120p.
https://www.fpa.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/132455/Forest_Practices_Code_2015.pdf
Europe: Forest road manual. Guidelines for the design, construction and management of forest roads. COFORD. 156p
https://www.unirc.it/documentazione/materiale_didattico/598_2007_39_832.pdf
Finland: Metsätieohjeisto. 96p.
http://metsate1.asiakkaat.sigmatic.fi/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Tieohjeisto_osa_1_Tekstiosa.pdf
Ireland: Forest Road Manual－Guidelines for the Design, Construction and Management of Forest Roads.156p.
http://www.coford.ie/media/coford/content/publications/projectreports/ForestRoadManual.pdf
