Year of publication 1982

This handbook deals with the manufacture and utilisation of tools and mechanism meant to reduce the expenditure of physical energy and improve productivity in labour-intensive forestry operations. The aim is to make forest work easier, to promote self-reliance at the community level and to decrease dependence on foreign currency. It is not meant to support or encourage heavy labour-intensive operations. This handbook is mainly for the use by forest owners and operators (forest owners associations, independent operators, logging foremen and supervisors); extension personnel (extension specialists, training schools); tool manufacturers (machine shops, blacksmith shops and the like). The handbook is written in a clear and simple language and tries to explain as much as possible through abundant illustrations concerning tool design and use.