Blue Ox Forestry Publications
Listed below is a selection of publications by Dennis P. Dykstra. A
complete list of more than 240 publications is available on request.
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Dykstra, D. P. 2003. RILSIM: A financial simulation modeling system for reduced-impact logging. In: Proceedings of the
Second International Forest Engineering Conference, 13-15 May 2003, Växjö, Sweden.
Click here to read or download the paper.
You can also download the RILSIM software.
Dykstra, D. P., George Kuru, Rodney Taylor, Ruth Nussbaum, William B. Magrath, and Jane Story. 2003. Technologies
for Wood Tracking: Verifying and Monitoring the Chain of Custody and Legal Compliance in the Timber Industry. World Bank,
Environment and Social Development Department, East Asia and Pacific Region, Washington DC. 68 p.
Available online here.
Dykstra, D. P. 2003. Reduced Impact Logging: Concepts and Issues. In: Enters, T. E., et
al., Editors, Applying Reduced Impact Logging to Advance Sustainable Forest Management,
Proceedings of a conference held 26 February-01 March 2001 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific,
Bangkok, Thailand. p. 9-17.
Available online from FAO.
Dykstra, D. P., R. Heinrich, and J. Lorbach. 2003. Harvesting Intensity and Forest Residues:
A Global Analysis for Tropical Forests. FAO Forestry Paper, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,
Rome, Italy. 43 p.
Dykstra, D. P. 2001. The Old and New of Reduced Impact Logging. Tropical Forest Update
11/2:3-4. Also available online in English, French, and Spanish from the
International Tropical Timber Organization (select 2001 No 2 and choose your preferred language).
Dykstra, D. P., and Richard Toupin 2001. Steps Toward Sustainable Forest Management in Central Africa:
Report of an Exploratory Visit to Timber Concessions in the Republic of Congo and Gabon. Consultancy report submitted to
Melissa Othman, Africa Program Coordinator, Office of International Programs, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC. 35 p.
Available by download from the website of
CARPE, the Central African Regional Program for the Environment.
Dykstra, D. P. 2001. Reconciling Production of Industrial Timber with Sustainable
Management of Humid Tropical Forests for Multiple Goods and Services. In: Contribution des Intervenants,
Journée-débat "Les Forêts Tropicales: des Espaces à Partager, des Enjeux
à Négocier", Salon International de l’Agriculture 2001. Conference held 19 February 2001
in Paris, France; sponsored by CIRAD-Forêt, Montpellier, France. p. 1-14.
Putz, F. E., D. P. Dykstra, and R. Heinrich. 2000. Why Poor Logging Practices Persist in the
Tropics. Conservation Biology 14(4):951-956.
Sist, P., D. Dykstra, and R. Fimbel. 1998. Reduced-Impact Logging Guidelines for Lowland and Hill Dipterocarp
Forests in Indonesia. CIFOR Occasional Paper No. 15, September 1998, Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor,
Indonesia. ISSN 0854-9818. 19 p. Available
from the CIFOR website.
Sist, P., T. Nolan, J-G. Bertault, and D. Dykstra. 1998. Harvesting Intensity versus Sustainability
in Indonesia. Forest Ecology and Management 108:251-260.
Dykstra, D. P. and P. Poschen. 1998. Wood Harvesting. In: Stellman, J., Editor,
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety. International Labour Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland.
p. 68.6-68.11.
Dykstra, D. P. 1997. Information Systems in Forestry. Unasylva 189:10-15.
Available online from FAO.
Dykstra, D. P., and R. Heinrich. 1996. FAO Model Code of Forest Harvesting Practice.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy (ISBN 92-5-103690-X; 85 p.). Also published
in French under the title Code modèle FAO des pratiques d'exploitation forestière
(ISBN 92-5-203690-3), in Spanish under the title Código modelo de practicas de aprovechamiento forestal
de la FAO (ISBN 92-5-303690-7), and in Chinese. Available online at these links:
English,
French,
Spanish.
Dykstra, D. P. 1984. Mathematical Programming for Natural Resource Management.
McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York (ISBN 0-07-018552-2; 318 p.)
Kallio, M., D. P. Dykstra, and C. S. Binkley, Editors. 1987. The Global
Forest Sector: An Analytical Perspective. John Wiley & Sons, New
York (ISBN 0-471-91735-4; 731 p.)