Title:	Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable?
Authors:	PIPONIOT, C. RÖDIG, E. PUTZ, F. E. RUTISHAUSER, E. SIST, P. ASCARRUNZ, N. BLANC, L. DERROIRE, G. DESCROIX, L. GUEDES, M. C. CORONADO, E. H. HUTH, A. KANASHIRO, M. LICONA, J. C. FREITAS, L. J. M. de OLIVEIRA, M. V. N. d' PEÑA-CLAROS, M. RODNEY, K. SHENKIN, A. SOUZA, C. R. de VIDAL, E. WEST, T. A. P. WORTEL, V. HÉRAULT, B.
Affiliation:	Camille Piponiot, CIRAD/Université de Guyane/Université des Antilles/Univ Montpellier Edna Rödig, UFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany Francis E Putz, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America Ervan Rutishauser, CarboForExpert, Hermance, Switzerland/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá Plinio Sist, Cirad, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France Nataly Ascarrunz, Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Lilian Blanc, Cirad, Univ Montpellier, UR Forests and Societies, Montpellier, France Géraldine Derroire, Cirad,UMREcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, Inra, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane), Kourou, French Guiana, France Laurent Descroix, ONF-Guyane, Réserve de Montabo, French Guiana, France MARCELINO CARNEIRO GUEDES, CPAF-AP Euridice Honorio Coronado, Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, Peru Andreas Huth, UFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany MILTON KANASHIRO, CPATU Juan Carlos Licona, Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Santa Cruz, Bolivia LUCAS JOSE MAZZEI DE FREITAS, CPATU MARCUS VINICIO NEVES D OLIVEIRA, CPAF-AC Marielos Peña-Claros, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Ken Rodney, Iwokrama, Georgetown, Guyana Alexander Shenkin, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom CINTIA RODRIGUES DE SOUZA, CPAA Edson Vidal, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo Thales A. P. West, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America Verginia Wortel, Forest Management department, CELOS, Paramaribo, Surinam Bruno Hérault, Cirad, Univ Montpellier,URForests and Societies, Montpellier, France/INP-HB (Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët Boigny), Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire.
Date Issued:	2019
Citation:	Environmental Research Letters, v. 14, n. 6, article 064014, 2019.
Description:	Around 30Mm3 of sawlogs are extracted annually by selective logging of natural production forests in Amazonia, Earth?s most extensive tropical forest. Decisions concerning the management of these production forests will be of major importance for Amazonian forests? fate. To date, no regional assessment of selective logging sustainability supports decision-making. Based on data from 3500 ha of forest inventory plots, our modelling results show that the average periodic harvests of 20m3 ha?1 will not recover by the end of a standard 30 year cutting cycle. Timber recovery within a cutting cycle is enhanced by commercial acceptance of more species and with the adoption of longer cutting cycles and lower logging intensities. Recovery rates are faster in Western Amazonia than on the Guiana Shield. Our simulations suggest that regardless of cutting cycle duration and logging intensities, selectively logged forests are unlikely to meet timber demands over the long term as timber stocks are predicted to steadily decline. There is thus an urgent need to develop an integrated forest resource management policy that combines active management of production forests with the restoration of degraded and secondary forests for timber production. Without better management, reduced timber harvests and continued timber production declines are unavoidable.
Thesagro:	Administração Florestal Exploração Florestal Extração da Madeira Madeira Serrada Impacto Ambiental Regeneração Natural Modelo de Simulação
NAL Thesaurus:	Forest management Logging Lumber Environmental impact Natural regeneration Simulation models
Keywords:	Manejo florestal Explotación forestal Extração seletiva Selective logging Exploración selectiva Regeneración natural Modelos de simulación
DOI:	10.1088/1748-9326/ab195e
Notes:	Supplementary material for this article is available online.
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPAF-AP)