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1. Logging emissions from a Forest Stewardship Council certified forest in Guyana

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Anand Roopsind, Ken Rodney, Linsford Lagoudou, and Francis E. Putz

Subjects
Climate smart forestry, sustainable forest management, natural climate solutions, reduced-Impact logging, tropical forestry, tropical silviculture, Environmental sciences, GE1-350
Abstract

Logging is a dominant land-use activity across the tropics and a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. This study quantifies emissions from selective logging in a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified concession in Guyana that includes carbon in extracted logs, tree carbon left in the forest, and incidental tree mortality caused by felling and logging infrastructure. We also estimate carbon emissions from sawmilling of round logs. Emissions from harvested trees from stump to mill gate were 8.44 Mg CO2 m−3 (131.96 Mg CO2 ha−1). The main sources of emissions were from trees killed during felling (34%) and unextracted biomass of harvested trees (32%). On average, 15.5% of the harvested tree biomass and 43% of the log biomass was converted to sawn lumber (0.78 Mg CO2 m−3 of round log volume). We find similar levels of logging emissions in our study with those reported for non-FSC concessions in Guyana (8.54 Mg CO2 m−3) and Suriname (8.94 Mg CO2 m−3) but higher in two FSC-certified concessions in Suriname (6.65 Mg CO2 m−3). Adopting forest management practices that reduce residual stand mortality from felling and improved milling technology to reduce wood waste will help meet future demand for wood products and support climate mitigation goals.

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2024
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2. Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable?

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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, and Bruno Hérault

Subjects
selective logging, Amazonia, tropical forestry, ecosystem recovery, disturbance, macroecology, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066, Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Science, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

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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2019
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3. Optimal strategies for ecosystem services provision in Amazonian production forests

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Camille Piponiot, Ervan Rutishauser, Géraldine Derroire, Francis E Putz, Plinio Sist, Thales A P West, Laurent Descroix, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Eurídice N Honorio Coronado, Milton Kanashiro, Lucas Mazzei, Marcus Vinicio Neves d’Oliveira, Marielos Peña-Claros, Ken Rodney, Ademir R Ruschel, Cintia Rodrigues de Souza, Edson Vidal, Verginia Wortel, and Bruno Hérault

Subjects
Amazonia, selective logging, multi-criteria optimisation, ecosystem services, timber production, carbon, Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering, TD1-1066, Environmental sciences, GE1-350, Science, Physics, QC1-999
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Although tropical forests harbour most of the terrestrial carbon and biological diversity on Earth they continue to be deforested or degraded at high rates. In Amazonia, the largest tropical forest on Earth, a sixth of the remaining natural forests is formally dedicated to timber extraction through selective logging. Reconciling timber extraction with the provision of other ecosystem services (ES) remains a major challenge for forest managers and policy-makers. This study applies a spatial optimisation of logging in Amazonian production forests to analyse potential trade-offs between timber extraction and recovery, carbon storage, and biodiversity conservation. Current logging regulations with unique cutting cycles result in sub-optimal ES-use efficiency. Long-term timber provision would require the adoption of a land-sharing strategy that involves extensive low-intensity logging, although high transport and road-building costs might make this approach economically unattractive. By contrast, retention of carbon and biodiversity would be enhanced by a land-sparing strategy restricting high-intensive logging to designated areas such as the outer fringes of the region. Depending on management goals and societal demands, either choice will substantially influence the future of Amazonian forests. Overall, our results highlight the need for revaluation of current logging regulations and regional cooperation among Amazonian countries to enhance coherent and trans-boundary forest management.

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2019
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5. Optimal strategies for ecosystem services provision in Amazonian production forests

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Marcus Vinicio Neves d'Oliveira, Géraldine Derroire, Cintia Rodrigues de Souza, Ken Rodney, Lucas Mazzei, Verginia Wortel, Francis E. Putz, Ervan Rutishauser, Laurent Descroix, Milton Kanashiro, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Edson Vidal, Ademir Roberto Ruschel, Camille Piponiot, Thales A.P. West, Plinio Sist, Marielos Peña-Claros, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Bruno Hérault, Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Department of Biology [Gainesville] (UF|Biology), University of Florida [Gainesville] (UF), Forêts et Sociétés (UPR Forêts et Sociétés), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES), ONF Guyane, Réserve de Montabo, Office National des Forêts (ONF), Embrapa Amapa, Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental, EMBRAPA Amazônia Oriental, Embrapa Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Wageningen University, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, University of Sao Paulo, Department of Forest Sciences, CELOS, Forest Management Department, CarboForExpert, CAMILLE PIPONIOT, UNIVERSITÉ DE GUYANE, ERVAN RUTISHAUSER, CARBOFOREXPERT, GÉRALDINE DERROIRE, CIRAD, UMR ECOFOG, FRANCIS E. PUTZ, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, PLINIO SIST, CIRAD, UNIV MONTPELLIER, THALES A. . WEST, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, LAURENT DESCROIX, ONF-GUYANE, MARCELINO CARNEIRO GUEDES, CPAF-AP, EURÍDICE N. HONORIO CORONADO, INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA, MILTON KANASHIRO, CPATU, LUCAS JOSE MAZZEI DE FREITAS, CPATU, MARCUS VINICIO NEVES D OLIVEIRA, CPAF-AC, MARIELOS PEÑ-CLAROS, FOREST ECOLOGY AND FOREST MANAGEMENT GROUP, KEN RODNEY, ONF-GUYANE, ADEMIR ROBERTO RUSCHEL, CPATU, CINTIA RODRIGUES DE SOUZA, CPAA, EDSON VIDAL, ESALQ, VERGINIA WORTEL, FOREST MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, CELOS, and BRUNO HÉRAULT, CIRAD, UNIV MONTPELLIER.

Subjects
SERVIÇOS AMBIENTAIS, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Amazonian, Biodiversity, Multicriteria optimisation, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Ecosystem services, Produção de madeira, Serviços de ecossistemas, Otimização multicritério, General Environmental Science, computer.programming_language, Amazon rainforest, Agroforestry, Logging, Biodiversidade, Exploitation forestière, PE&RC, Selective logging, Réglementation forestière, Conservation de la diversité biologique, Harbour, [SDE]Environmental Sciences, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, Biodiversité, Multi-criteria optimisation, Exploração seletiva, Carbone, Oxigênio, Forest management, Timber production, Bois, Amazonia, forêt primaire, Production (economics), Bosecologie en Bosbeheer, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Caron, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15. Life on land, Forest Ecology and Forest Management, Carbon, K10 - Production forestière, services écosystémiques, 13. Climate action, Business, computer
Abstract

Although tropical forests harbour most of the terrestrial carbon and biological diversity on Earth they continue to be deforested or degraded at high rates. In Amazonia, the largest tropical forest on Earth, a sixth of the remaining natural forests is formally dedicated to timber extraction through selective logging. Reconciling timber extraction with the provision of other ecosystem services (ES) remains a major challenge for forest managers and policy makers. This study applies a spatial optimisation of logging in Amazonian production forests to analyse potential trade-offs between timber extraction and recovery, carbon storage, and biodiversity conservation. Current logging regulations with unique cutting cycles result in sub-optimal ES-use efficiency. Long-term timber provision would require the adoption of a land-sharing strategy that involves extensive low-intensity logging, although high transport and road-building costs might make this approach economically unattractive. By contrast, retention of carbon and biodiversity would be enhanced by a land-sparing strategy restricting high-intensive logging to designated areas such as the outer fringes of the region. Depending on management goals and societal demands, either choice will substantially in uence the future of Amazonian forests. Overall, our results highlight the need for reevaluation of current logging regulations and regional cooperation among Amazonian countries to enhance coherent and trans-boundary forest management. Made available in DSpace on 2020-01-14T18:10:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CPAFAP2019Optimalstrategiesofecosystemservices.pdf: 775227 bytes, checksum: 2c82d5c6280350cecac9770db875ae0a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019 Na publicação consta: Lucas Mazzei.

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2019
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6. Can timber provision from Amazonian production forests be sustainable?

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Géraldine Derroire, Lilian Blanc, Nataly Ascarrunz, Milton Kanashiro, Ervan Rutishauser, Marielos Peña-Claros, Verginia Wortel, Andreas Huth, Plinio Sist, Marcus Vinicio Neves d'Oliveira, Edson Vidal, Bruno Hérault, Lucas Mazzei, Francis E. Putz, Laurent Descroix, Alexander Shenkin, Camille Piponiot, Juan Carlos Licona, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Edna Rödig, Thales A.P. West, Ken Rodney, Cintia Rodrigues de Souza, Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG), Université des Antilles (UA)-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AgroParisTech-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung = Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Department of Biology [Gainesville] (UF|Biology), University of Florida [Gainesville] (UF), Carbon For Expert, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal (IBIF), Réserve de Montabo, Office National des Forêts (ONF), Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, Partenaires INRAE, Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Wageningen University, Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford [Oxford], University of Saulo Paulo, Center for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS), Camille Piponiot, CIRAD/Université de Guyane/Université des Antilles/Univ Montpellier, 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., Edna Rödig, UFZ—Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany, 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, 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, CINTIA RODRIGUES DE SOUZA, CPAA, and Edson Vidal, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo

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Restauración del paisaje forestal, Gestión forestal sostenible, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Amazonian, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, SUSTENTABILIDADE, Environmental impact, Natural regeneration, Macroecology, Lumber, General Environmental Science, disturbance, Forest management, Agroforestry, Amazon rainforest, Logging, Extração seletiva, Exploitation forestière, Madeira Serrada, Simulation models, PE&RC, Selective logging, Impacto Ambiental, Ecosystem recovery, macroecology, P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, Madera tropical, Modelo de Simulação, Forêt de production, Natural (archaeology), Tropical forestry, Bois, Amazonia, Producción de madera, Amazonía, Production (economics), Bosecologie en Bosbeheer, ecosystem recovery, Explotación forestal, Durabilité, Exploración selectiva, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Modelos de simulación, Forest inventory, Manejo florestal, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Rotation de coupe, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Grume de sciage, Disturbance, 15. Life on land, Forest Ecology and Forest Management, K10 - Production forestière, Regeneración natural, Extração da Madeira, Gestion des ressources, Disturbance (ecology), Bosque tropical, Administração Florestal, tropical forestry, Sustainability, Exploração Florestal, Regeneração Natural, Environmental science, Política forestal
Abstract

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. Made available in DSpace on 2019-11-14T18:23:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CPAFAP2019CantimberprovisionfromAmazonian.pdf: 1180878 bytes, checksum: 1ac13277d4e677177e64186cd7c04ace (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019 Supplementary material for this article is available online.

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2019
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7. A frog's eye view: logging roads buffer against further diversity loss

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Monique Hölting, Vanessa Benn, Raffael Ernst, Raquel Thomas-Caesar, Martin Wegmann, and Ken Rodney

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Ecology, Logging, Forestry, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Diversity loss, logging, Buffer (optical fiber), Geography, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, biodiversity, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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2016
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8. Rapid tree carbon stock recovery in managed Amazonian forests

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Cintia Rodrigues de Souza, Lucas Mazzei, Francis E. Putz, Kátia Emídio da Silva, Anand Roopsind, Milton Kanashiro, Ervan Rutishauser, Marcus Vinicio Neves d'Oliveira, Ken Rodney, Bruno Hérault, Alexander Shenkin, Marielos Peña-Claros, Eleneide Doff Sotta, Thales A.P. West, Joice Ferreira, Lilian Blanc, Ademir Roberto Ruschel, Verginia Wortel, Plinio Sist, Marisol Toledo, Luís Cláudio de Oliveira, Edson Vidal, Christopher Baraloto, Laurent Descroix, CarboForExpert, Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux : l'enjeu du changement global (UPR BSEF), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), International Center for Tropical Botany, University of Florida [Gainesville] (UF), Office National des Forêts (ONF), Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Inst Boliviano Invest Forestal, Santa Cruz 10260, Bolivia, Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal (IBIF), Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group, Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), Biology Department, Iw, Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford [Oxford], Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, University of São Paulo, Biodiversity Department, Center for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS), Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux : l'enjeu du changement global (Cirad-Es-UPR 105 BSEF), Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), University of Florida [Gainesville], Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR), University of Oxford, Université des Antilles (UA)-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AgroParisTech-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Ervan Rutishauser, CarboForExpert / CIRAD, Bruno Hérault, CIRAD, Christopher Baraloto, INRA / Florida International University, Lilian Blanc, CIRAD, Laurent Descroix, ONF-Guyane, ELENEIDE DOFF SOTTA, CPAF-AP, JOICE NUNES FERREIRA, CPATU, MILTON KANASHIRO, CPATU, LUCAS JOSE MAZZEI DE FREITAS, CPATU, MARCUS VINICIO NEVES D OLIVEIRA, CPAF-AC, LUIS CLAUDIO DE OLIVEIRA, CPAF-AC, Marielos Peña-Claros, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group / Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Francis E. Putz, University of Florida, ADEMIR ROBERTO RUSCHEL, CPATU, Ken Rodney, Iwokrama, Anand Roopsind, University of Florida / Iwokrama, Alexander Shenkin, University of Oxford, KATIA EMIDIO DA SILVA, CPAA, CINTIA RODRIGUES DE SOUZA, CPAA, Marisol Toledo, Instituto Boliviano de Investigación Forestal, Edson Vidal, ESALQ/USP, Thales A. P. West, University of Florida, Verginia Wortel, CELOS, and Plinio Sist, CIRAD.

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0106 biological sciences, stock de carbone, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Amazonian, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Biodiversity, Forests, 01 natural sciences, K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, Biomass, Forêt tropicale humide, Carbon stock, Suriname, Estoque de carbono, Wood production, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Agroforestry, Logging, Forestry, Exploitation forestière, Floresta, séquestration du carbone, Tree (data structure), FLORESTAS TROPICAIS, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Brazil, Reconstitution forestière, Bolivia, Conservation of Natural Resources, F40 - Écologie végétale, P40 - Météorologie et climatologie, F60 - Physiologie et biochimie végétale, forêt amazonienne, Aménagement forestier, Biology, Abattage d'arbres, 010603 evolutionary biology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Logged tropical forests, K70 - Dégâts causés aux forêts et leur protection, atténuation des effets du changement climatique, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Changement climatique, Rotation de coupe, business.industry, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), Tropics, Changement de couvert végétal, 15. Life on land, Carbon, Déboisement, Climate change mitigation, Développement durable, 13. Climate action, Agriculture, Politique forestière, Species richness, Cycle du carbone, business
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SummaryWhile around 20% of the Amazonian forest has been cleared for pastures and agriculture, one fourth of the remaining forest is dedicated to wood production [1]. Most of these production forests have been or will be selectively harvested for commercial timber, but recent studies show that even soon after logging, harvested stands retain much of their tree-biomass carbon and biodiversity [2,3]. Comparing species richness of various animal taxa among logged and unlogged forests across the tropics, Burivalova et al. [4] found that despite some variability among taxa, biodiversity loss was generally explained by logging intensity (the number of trees extracted). Here, we use a network of 79 permanent sample plots (376 ha total) located at 10 sites across the Amazon Basin [5] to assess the main drivers of time-to-recovery of post-logging tree carbon (Table S1). Recovery time is of direct relevance to policies governing management practices (i.e., allowable volumes cut and cutting cycle lengths), and indirectly to forest-based climate change mitigation interventions.

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2015
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9. The tropical managed forests observatory: a research network addressing the future of tropical logged forests

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Stephan A. Pietsch, Plinio Sist, Bruno Hérault, Christopher Baraloto, Marisol Toledo, Edson Vidal, Anand Roopsind, Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury, Luís Cláudio de Oliveira, Marielos Peña-Claros, Cintia Rodrigues de Souza, H. Priyadi, Thales A.P. West, Alexander Shenkin, Lucas Mazzei, Riina Jalonen, Eleneide Doff Sotta, Haruni Krisnawati, Robert Nasi, Ken Rodney, Verginia Wortel, Ismail Bin Harun, Fidèle Baya, Vivien Rossi, Nur Hajar Zamah Shari, Kátia Emídio da Silva, Vincent P. Medjibe, Fabrice Bénédet, Michelle A. Pinard, Farida Herry Susanty, Ervan Rutishauser, Marcelino Carneiro Guedes, Lilian Blanc, Francis E. Putz, Laurent Descroix, Ademir Roberto Ruschel, Milton Kanashiro, Mrigesh Kshatriya, Toshihiro Yamada, Joice Ferreira, Marcus Vinícius Neves d'Oliveira, Philippa R. Lincoln, Nicolas Picard, Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux : l'enjeu du changement global (Cirad-Es-UPR 105 BSEF), Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), CarboForExpert, Wageningen University and Research Centre [Wageningen] (WUR), School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Florida [Gainesville], Environmental Change Institute, Centre for the Environment, University of Oxford [Oxford], Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG), Université des Antilles (UA)-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-AgroParisTech-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Ministère Centrafricain des Eaux, Forêts, Chasses et Pêches (MEFCP), Amazonia Central, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Réserve de Montabo, Office National des Forêts (ONF), Amazonia Oriental, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Biodiversity International, Forestry Research and Development Agency (FORDA), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), LTS International, Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux du Gabon, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University [Durham], Embrapa Acre, Embrapa Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Institute of Silviculture, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien [Vienne, Autriche] (BOKU), University of Aberdeen, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Department of Biology, Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development, Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal (IBIF), Departamento de Ciencias Florestais, University of São Paulo, Biodiversity Department, Center for Agricultural Research in Suriname (CELOS), Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Biens et services des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux : l'enjeu du changement global (UPR BSEF), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR), University of Florida [Gainesville] (UF), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)

Subjects
Sylviculture, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, P40 - Météorologie et climatologie, Tropical forests, Biodiversity, forêt tropicale, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Tropical managed Forests Observatory, K01 - Foresterie - Considérations générales, Climate change, Bosecologie en Bosbeheer, Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, Silviculture, Bodembiologie, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Changement climatique, Forest inventory, Ecology, Forest dynamics, Agroforestry, Tropical managed forests Observatory, Logging, Tropics, Soil Biology, Carbon cycle, 15. Life on land, PE&RC, Forest Ecology and Forest Management, K10 - Production forestière, Geography, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, Cycle du carbone, Ecosystem resilience, Écosystème
Abstract

While attention on logging in the tropics has been increasing, studies on the long-term effects of silviculture on forest dynamics and ecology remain scare and spatially limited. Indeed, most of our knowledge on tropical forests arises from studies carried out in undisturbed tropical forests. This bias is problematic given that logged and disturbed tropical forests are now covering a larger area than the so-called primary forests. A new network of permanent sample plots in logged forests, the Tropical managed Forests Observatory (TmFO), aims to fill this gap by providing unprecedented opportunities to examine long-term data on the resilience of logged tropical forests at regional and global scales. TmFO currently includes 24 experimental sites distributed across three tropical regions, with a total of 490 permanent plots and 921 ha of forest inventories.

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2015
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