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Autor: Kobayashi, S.

Tropical forests are decreasing at the rate of 16.9 million hectares per year due mainly to clearing for agriculture and shifting cultivation. Timber harvesting results for more than 5 million hectares of tropical forest becoming degraded looged-over forests every year without any adequate manage...


Kobayashi, S.[Landscape rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest ecosystems: case study of CIFOR/Japan Project in Indonesia and Peru]Landscape rehabilitation of degraded tropical forest ecosystems: case study of CIFOR/Japan Project in Indonesia and Peru

This chapter provides short description of the plant, its variety of products from its bark, the wood and seed. Further it provides a brief information on the ecology and the impact of bark harvesing by the local people and other stresses. One of the studies reported that harvesting was more prev...


Romero, C.Grundy, I.Campbell, Bruce M.Cunningham, A.B.[Baobab bark (Adansonia digitata)]Baobab bark (Adansonia digitata)
Colan, V.Catpo, J.Pokorny, B.Sabogal, C.[Costos del aprovechamiento forestal para seis empresas concesionarias en la región Ucayali, Amazonía Peruana]Costos del aprovechamiento forestal para seis empresas concesionarias en la región Ucayali, Amazonía Peruana

This paper considers the mechanism of certification to encourage sustainable harvesting and best management practices of Iriartea deltoidea Ruiz and Pavon, in the context of current land use and agricultural management in Amazonian Ecuador. To understand the demographic variables that are critica...


Anderson, P.J.Putz, F.E.[Harvesting and conservation: are both possible for the palm, Iriartea deltoidea?]Harvesting and conservation: are both possible for the palm, Iriartea deltoidea?

This manual is intended to serve as reference for forest professionals and practitioners in the planning, execution and evaluation of forest management techniques and practices contributing to the sustainability of the resource and the activity as a commercial operation. The document covers basic...


Sabogal, C.Carrera, F.Colan, V.Pokorny, B.Louman, B.[Manual para la planificacion y evaluacion del manejo forestal operacional en bosques de la Amazonia Peruana]Manual para la planificacion y evaluacion del manejo forestal operacional en bosques de la Amazonia Peruana

Women’s participation in decision making at the user-group level and in forest committees has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on forest sustainability. For example, women’s participation enhances forest regeneration and reduces illegal harvesting through improved monitoring. Their pre...


Yan SunMwangi, E.Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.[Gender, institutions and sustainability in the context of forest decentralisation reforms in Latin America and East Africa]Gender, institutions and sustainability in the context of forest decentralisation reforms in Latin America and East Africa
Autor: Ostrom, E.

Forest resources share attributes with many other resource systems that make difficult their governance and management in a sustainable, efficient and equitable manner. Destruction or degradation of forest resources is most likely to occur in open-access forests where those involved, or external ...


Ostrom, E.[Self-governance and forest resources]Self-governance and forest resources

The paper presents the results and main conclusions of an assessment of compliance with technical guidelines for Reduced Impact Harvesting (RIH) in terra firme forests of the Brazilian Amazon. The assessment was carried out in two certified timber enterprises in the State of Para, Brazil applying...


Pokorny B.Sabogal, C.Silva, J.N.M.Bernardo, P.Souza, J.Sweede, J.[Compliance with reduced-impact harvesting guidelines by timber enterprises in terra firme forests of the Brazilian Amazon]Compliance with reduced-impact harvesting guidelines by timber enterprises in terra firme forests of the Brazilian Amazon

Four years of annual diameter measurements of 75 big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) trees in natural forests in northwestern Belize were analyzed to determine growth rates. Mean diameter increment among the sample trees exceeded 1 cm y-1, with slightly higher growth rates among trees ...


Shono, K.Snook, L.K.[Growth of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) in natural forests in Belize]Growth of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) in natural forests in Belize

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