Productivity and Cost Analysis of Forest Harvesting Operation in Matang Mangrove Forest, Perak, Malaysia

Albert Empawi Tindit; Seca Gandaseca; Laurna Nyangon; Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Pazi

doi:10.24259/fs.v1i1.1529

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Productivity and Cost Analysis of Forest Harvesting Operation in Matang Mangrove Forest, Perak, Malaysia

https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v1i1.1529

Albert Empawi Tindit

Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Seca Gandaseca

Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0237-3233

Laurna Nyangon

Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Pazi

Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Corresponding Author(s) : Seca Gandaseca

seca@upm.edu.my

Forest and Society, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017): APRIL
Article Published : Apr 27, 2017

Abstract

Matang Mangrove Forest is under systematic management since 1902 and still considered as the best managed mangrove forest in the world. This research was conducted to measure the time and productivity of forest harvesting operation and also to analyze the cost and revenue of mangrove forest harvesting operation at Matang mangrove forest. This project had been carried out in cooperation with Seri Sepetang Enterprise, one of the harvesting licenses in Kuala Sepetang, Perak. Data collections were taken in every station starting from standing tree until to the Kiln-Drying jetty. The data then calculated by using the formulas of productivity and cost analysis. As the result, the productivity for felling, bucking and debarking, the manual skidding using wheel-barrow and the water transportation are 1.84 tan/hour, 3.82 tan/hour and 4.64 tan/hour respectively. The cost for each operation of 9 tan log volume for felling, bucking and debarking, the manual skidding using wheel-barrow and the water transportation are RM 56.88, RM 10.80 and RM 36.72 respectively. As the revenue, the company paid RM 260 per 9 tan of log for the in-forest operation (felling, manual skidding and loading to the ship) and pay RM 80 per 9 tan for the water transportation, and they gained the net profit of RM 192.32 and RM 43.28 respectively. The average of forest harvesting operation is twice operation in a day (equal with 2 x 9-ton volume of log production a day), so they will gain a double profit. In conclusion, the forest harvesting operation is sustainably managed for supplying the raw material of charcoal industries in Matang mangrove forest. Since, they work manually and spend much energy in this forest harvesting operation, so for further study it recommends to conduct the ergonomics evaluation during forest harvesting operation at Matang Mangrove Forest.

Keywords

Time Study Productivity Unit Cost Cost Analysis Mangrove Forest Harvesting

Tindit, A. E., Gandaseca, S., Nyangon, L., & Pazi, A. M. M. (2017). Productivity and Cost Analysis of Forest Harvesting Operation in Matang Mangrove Forest, Perak, Malaysia. Forest and Society, 1(1), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.24259/fs.v1i1.1529

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Alongi, D. M. (2008). Mangrove forests: resilience, protection from tsunamis, and responses to global climate change. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76(1), 1-13.

Borges, A. V., Djenidi, S., Lacroix, G., Théate, J., Delille, B., & Frankignoulle, M. (2003). Atmospheric CO2 flux from mangrove surrounding waters. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(11).

Currie, R.M. & Faraday, J.E., 1989. Work Study. Pitman Publishing, London, UK, pp. 47-48.

FAO, (1992). Cost Control in Forest Harvesting and Road Construction. ISBN 92-5-103161-4. Publication Division, FAO, Rome, Italy.

Goessens, A., et al., (2014). Is Matang Mangrove Forest Sustainably Rejuvenating after More than a Century of Conservation and Harvesting Management?. Journal of Plos One. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105069.

Kluender, R., Lortz, D., McCoy, W., Stokes, B., & Klepac, J. (1997). Productivity of rubber-tired skidders in southern pine forests. Forest Products Journal, 47(11/12), 53.

Naghdi, R., RAFATNIA, N., Sobhani, H., Jalali, G., & Hosseini, M. (2005). A survey of the efficiency of Timberjack C450 wheeled skidder in Shafaroud forests in Guilan province.

Nurminen, T., Korpunen, H., & Uusitalo, J. (2006). Time consumption analysis of the mechanized cut-to-length harvesting system. Silva Fennica, 40(2), 335.

Norizah, K., Hasmadi, M. I., Kamaruzaman, J. (2012). Operational efficiency of rimbaka timber harvester in hilly tropical forest. Journal of Tropical Forest Science. Vol 24(3), 368-378.

Silversides, C. R., & Sundberg, B. (2013). Operational Efficiency in Forestry: Vol. 2: Practice (Vol. 32). Springer Science & Business Media.

Wang, J., Long, C., & McNeel, J. (2004). Production and cost analysis of a feller-buncher and grapple skidder in central Appalachian hardwood forests. Forest products journal, 54(12), 159.

WWF (World Wide Fund). (2013). Mangrove Forest. Retrieved from http://www.wwf.org.my/. in September 8, 2015.

Author Biographies

Albert Empawi Tindit, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia

Seca Gandaseca, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia

Laurna Nyangon, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia

Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad Pazi, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Department of Forest Production, Faculty of Forestry, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia