Year of publication 1979

The second FAO/Austria training Course on Mountain Forest Roads and Harvesting was held in the Forestry Training Centre of Ossia and Ort, Austria, from 3 June to 2 July, 1978. The Course was organized by FAO in cooperation with the Austrian Government, at the Forestry Training Centres at Ort and Ossiach. The main objectives were to train forestry professionals in the technology and economics of forest road construction and forest operations in steep terrain. Particular emphasis was laid on the practical planning, construction and maintenance of forest road networks. Further objectives were the extraction to roadside by cable methods and specialized logging equipment as well as reduction of harmful effects on the soil and stand. Participants from institutions such as ministries of agriculture and forestry, public forestry administrations, forestry universities, forest research institutes, forestry schools, as well as public and private forest enterprises, attended the course. It is hoped that also foresters from developing countries can profit from the information contained in this paper.