Tropical forests are being cleared at a rate of 16.9 million hectares per year and timber harvesting results in over 5 million hectares becoming secondary forests annually without adequate management. This decrease and degradation affect both timber production and many environmental values. Selec...
Big-leaf mahogany was studied on nine mixed-species stands that became established naturally between 2 and 75 years ago after catastrophic disturbances (hurricane blowdown, fire, or bulldozer clearing). More than 50% of adult big-leaf mahogany trees had survived a severe hurricane, leaving 2.8 se...
Snook, L.K.
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[Regeneration, growth and sustainability of mahogany in Mexico's Yucatan forests]
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Regeneration, growth and sustainability of mahogany in Mexico's Yucatan forests
The CIFOR-ITTO project's general objective is to achieve long-term forest management for multiple uses, integrating social and silvicultural objectives in Malinau, Kalimantan, Indonesia. To achieve this objective there are complicated issues to be dealt with and requires integrated research that ...
Kartawinata, K.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Levang, P.
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Sist, P.
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[Overview of approaches and methods]
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Overview of approaches and methods
The CIRAD-Forest Research Programme on the dynamics of humid tropical forests has been in operation since 1974 in collaboration with various national forest research institutes. Research is carried out on a network of experimental plots, of which the most important are in Africa (Mopri, Irobo and...
Favrichon, V.
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Dupuy, B.
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Maitre, H.F.
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Nguyen-The, N.
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Damio, T.
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Doumbia, N.
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Kadir K.
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Petrucci, Y.
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Sist, P.
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[The response of the tropical forest stand to silviculture operations]
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The response of the tropical forest stand to silviculture operations
This chapter sets out the site-level strategies and their associated silvicultural techniques for restoring degraded primary forest, managing secondary forest and rehabilitating degraded forest land within the context of an forest landscape restoration (FLR) program. It is intended to provide an ...
Sist, P.
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Pacheco, P.
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Nasi, Robert
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Blaser, J.
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[Management of natural tropical forests in the past and present and projections for the future]
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Management of natural tropical forests in the past and present and projections for the future