Impacts of Unsustainable Mahogany Logging in Bolivia and Peru

Impacts of Unsustainable Mahogany Logging in Bolivia and Peru

Although bigleaf mahogany [Swietenia macrophylla King (Meliaceae)] is the premier timber species of Latin America, its exploitation is unsustainable because of a pattern of local depletion and shifting supply. We surveyed experts on the status of mahogany in Bolivia and Peru, the world's past a...

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Main Authors: Roberto F. Kometter, Martha Martinez, Arthur G. Blundell, Raymond E. Gullison, Marc K. Steininger, Richard E. Rice
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2004-06-01
Series:Ecology and Society
Subjects:
Bolivia
Latin America
Peru
expert survey
forest conservation
forest inventories
forest regeneration
mahogany
protected areas
questionnaire
range
sustainable forestry
Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss1/art12/

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http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss1/art12/

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