Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable?
Around 30 Mm ^3 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 asse...
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| author | Camille Piponiot Edna Rödig Francis E Putz Ervan Rutishauser Plinio Sist Nataly Ascarrunz Lilian Blanc Géraldine Derroire Laurent Descroix Marcelino Carneiro Guedes Euridice Honorio Coronado Andreas Huth Milton Kanashiro Juan Carlos Licona Lucas Mazzei Marcus Vinicio Neves d’Oliveira Marielos Peña-Claros Ken Rodney Alexander Shenkin Cintia Rodrigues de Souza Edson Vidal Thales A P West Verginia Wortel Bruno Hérault |
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| description | Around 30 Mm ^3 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 20 m ^3 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b7e2bad10d54f5aaffdb0b761ff2e382023-08-09T14:42:19ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262019-01-0114606401410.1088/1748-9326/ab195eCan timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable?Camille Piponiot0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3473-1982Edna Rödig1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6248-8844Francis E Putz2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0051-6675Ervan Rutishauser3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1182-4032Plinio Sist4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-4417Nataly Ascarrunz5Lilian Blanc6Géraldine Derroire7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7239-2881Laurent Descroix8https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9336-3270Marcelino Carneiro Guedes9https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2702-5614Euridice Honorio Coronado10https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2314-590XAndreas Huth11Milton Kanashiro12Juan Carlos Licona13Lucas Mazzei14Marcus Vinicio Neves d’Oliveira15Marielos Peña-Claros16https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9134-6733Ken Rodney17Alexander Shenkin18https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2358-9367Cintia Rodrigues de Souza19Edson Vidal20https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8028-6998Thales A P West21https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3896-6516Verginia Wortel22https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1224-8025Bruno Hérault23https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6950-7286Université de Guyane , UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, Inra, Université des Antilles, Cirad), Kourou, French Guiana, France; Cirad, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, Inra, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane) , Kourou, French Guiana, France; CNRS, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, Inra, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane, Cirad) , Kourou, French Guiana, France; Cirad, Univ Montpellier , UR Forests and Societies, Montpellier, FranceUFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318, Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Biology, University of Florida , Gainesville, United States of AmericaCarboForExpert, Hermance, Switzerland; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute , Balboa, Ancón 03092, PanamáCirad, Univ Montpellier , UR Forests and Societies, Montpellier, FranceInstituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Santa Cruz, BoliviaCirad, Univ Montpellier , UR Forests and Societies, Montpellier, FranceCirad, UMR EcoFoG (Agroparistech, CNRS, Inra, Université des Antilles, Université de Guyane) , Kourou, French Guiana, FranceONF-Guyane, Réserve de Montabo, F-97307 Cayenne, French Guiana, FranceEmbrapa Amapá, Macapá, BrazilInstituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, Iquitos, PeruUFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, D-04318, Leipzig, GermanyEmbrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, BrazilInstituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Santa Cruz, BoliviaEmbrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém, BrazilEmbrapa Acre, Rio Branco, BrazilForest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University , Wageningen, The NetherlandsIwokrama, Georgetown, GuyanaEnvironmental Change Institute, University of Oxford , Oxford, United KingdomEmbrapa Amazônia Ocidental, Manaus, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Florestais, University of São Paulo , Piracicaba, BrazilDepartment of Biology, University of Florida , Gainesville, United States of AmericaForest Management department, CELOS, Paramaribo, SurinamCirad, Univ Montpellier , UR Forests and Societies, Montpellier, France; INP-HB (Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët Boigny), Yamoussoukro, Côte d’IvoireAround 30 Mm ^3 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 20 m ^3 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.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab195eselective loggingAmazoniatropical forestryecosystem recoverydisturbancemacroecology |
| spellingShingle | Camille Piponiot Edna Rödig Francis E Putz Ervan Rutishauser Plinio Sist Nataly Ascarrunz Lilian Blanc Géraldine Derroire Laurent Descroix Marcelino Carneiro Guedes Euridice Honorio Coronado Andreas Huth Milton Kanashiro Juan Carlos Licona Lucas Mazzei Marcus Vinicio Neves d’Oliveira Marielos Peña-Claros Ken Rodney Alexander Shenkin Cintia Rodrigues de Souza Edson Vidal Thales A P West Verginia Wortel Bruno Hérault Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable? Environmental Research Letters selective logging Amazonia tropical forestry ecosystem recovery disturbance macroecology |
| title | Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable? |
| title_full | Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable? |
| title_fullStr | Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable? |
| title_short | Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable? |
| title_sort | can timber provision from amazonian production forests be sustainable |
| topic | selective logging Amazonia tropical forestry ecosystem recovery disturbance macroecology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab195e |
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