Strategy 1

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• Mahogany Trees (M-block)    100-year rotation,  (105 blocks = white square blocks)

• Eucalyptus Trees (E-block)    25-year rotation,  (18 blocks = red area)

• Parrot Sanctuary:                     Not harvested ( 73 blocks = blue area)

• The road begins at the left side where harvesting will begin (*-block), follows in front of the saw mill, and into the middle of the Eucalyptus area.

• Sanctuary contains about 12,000 hectares of 150 year-old forest

• This plan sustains 148 pairs of parrots within the breeding season, and 150 pairs outside the breeding season

• All blocks = 153 hectares each

•  Harvest 1 M-block and about half of an E-block (57%) to sustain the sawmill of exactly 120,105 cubic meters of timber per year.

• Which area in the plot is first harvested?  The first Mahogany harvest would begin on the left, outside the parrot sanctuary in the first row (*) and the harvest would continue down each row.

• After each block is harvested, trees are replanted

Advantages of Strategy 1

        In this strategy, the sawmill is able to harvest a sufficient amount of timber per year to meet its needs.  The sawmill leaves enough timber to sustain more than the 100 breeding pair of parrots.  Since the road goes through the middle of the Eucalyptus trees and stops before it reaches the parrot sanctuary, this will likely decrease the risk of the parrots being shot by poachers because of minimal human contact.  The harvesting method itself is beneficial to the land because after one area or block is cut down, trees are replanted, so this replanting technique helps reduce soil erosion. 

Disadvantages of Strategy 1

    At the end of the 100-year rotation, the saw mill may have to harvest a small portion of the parrot sanctuary.  Only 11 percent of a 153 hectare block would need to be harvested at the end of the rotation.  Although there is no certainty, the cluster of Eucalyptus trees could possibly fuel a fire if one were to break out because the leaves contain  flammable oils.