Abstracto
- The main objective of this study was to determine the logging and industrialization of two 15 years-old Gmelina arborea un-managed plantations with two different slopes: 30 % and 60 %. Trees had an average diameter at breast height (DBH) of 31.23 cm and a total height of 14.87 m. Three logs per tree were extracted. Only 22 % of total standing volume in the plantation is usable as end product for market sale. The non-sawlog (waste) was 42.57 in standing tree (42.57 %), to extract log from tree filled (14.43 %), to saw in central block (26.27 %) and commercial lumber (22.10 %). The lumber recovery was 53.22 % in extracting a central block from logs and final lumber recovery in commercial lumber was 45.88 %.