Title: An Economic Analysis Of Final Log Manufacturing Locations In The Steep Terrain Radiata Pine Plantations Of New Zealand. Abstract approved

Over the next quarter century there will be about an eight-fold increase in the volume of wood harvested annually from New Zealand's steep terrain radiata pine plantations. With the move to steeper terrain it is expected that there will be a trend towards considerably smaller landings. With smaller landings final log manufacture could have to take place at alternative locations to the large landings normally used. The locations examined in this thesis were: at the stump, at a landing, and at a central processing yard. Comparisons were made on the basis of value recovery, harvesting productivity and costs, and land taken out of production by landings. A field trial indicated that value recovery at the landing was better than at the stump but the magnitude o