Tropical Forestland Management Services For Latin America
La Foresta can administer timber harvests through the effective competitive bid process, and provide harvest monitoring services to assure adherence to timber sale contract specifications. The sale of timber is certainly a milestone for and timberland owner. Years of planning and waiting culminate in a process that, if handled correctly, can help the landowner meet any one or more of a variety of goals, and if handled poorly, can set these same objectives back many years. There's a lot at stake when a tract of timber is harvested - and landowners don't often have the time or expertise to ensure that their best interests are being realized.
Once the owner approves a harvesting plan designed to meet whatever goals the landowner may have, our
foresters and forest technicians cruise and mark trees to be harvested. While they are on the property, the identify the best possible locations for major skid roads and log landings, and plan for any other circumstance that may affect the timber harvesting operation.
After the timber marking and cruising is done, the data collected in the field is processed and stand and stock tables are developed. These tables show, by species, the estimated number of trees and volume for all the trees that are marked for sale. Based on this information we estimate the market value of the timber being offered for sale, and at this point a detailed timber sale prospectus is developed.
We pay very careful attention to make sure that all contract specifications are adhered to, and that the logging operation is cleaned up in accordance with Best Management Practices (i.e. skid roads are smoothed and water barred, log landings are cleaned up, all downed trees and tree tops are pulled back onto the subject property if they had fallen over the boundary line, only trees marked for sale were harvested, etc.). We also make sure that all environmental regulations and requirement are followed, and routinely complete and file permits and control plans with the governing authorities when applicable.
