Implementing Agency:
Department For International Development (DFIDC)

Managing Institute:
Department For International Development (DFIDC)

Project Code: 111-502-004	Start Date: 17/03/1993	End Date: 01/01/1994
Commitment: £100 000	Status: Completed	Type of Funding: Bilateral - TC

Project Background:
The Jamaica National Forestry Action Plan has been prepared but forestry research was not explicitly addressed in the main report. The purpose of the forestry research consultancy is to provide an overview of the forestry research requirements for Jamaica.

Project Objectives:
Forestry Research: This consultancy will: Become familar with the main report for the Jamaica NFAP, see what developments have taken place since 1990 in the way of project implementation that affect the forestry sector, draw up a broad strategy for forestry research, bearing in mind that research should be adaptive answering the problem of end users, including forestry for industry, rural development forestry (including agroforestry) natural forest silviculture and management protection and, social and economic studies relating to forestry. Rationalisation of sawmill industry: This consultancy will: Visit a cross-section of the hardwood sawmills and review their standard of output and the problems that they face. Design a project that encompasses the following tasks: - conduct a survey of existing sawmills - devise a system of registering sawmills based on criteria such as capital, know-how and local timber resources in the forest identify and introduce measures that will result in reduction in the number of marginal sawmills producing low grade timber wastefully.