@Article{CapanemaEscaAndrLand:2022:AsLoLe,
               author = "Capanema, Vin{\'{\i}}cius do Prado and Escada, Maria Isabel 
                         Sobral and Andrade Neto, Pedro Ribeiro de and Landini, Lucas 
                         Gustavo",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "Assessing logging legislation parameters and forest growth 
                         dissimilarities in the Brazilian Amazon",
              journal = "Forest Ecology and Management",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "513",
                pages = "e120170",
                month = "June",
             keywords = "Annual diametric growth, Forest degradation, Forest mortality, 
                         Forest recruitment, Selective logging policies.",
             abstract = "Selective logging has been occurring in the last three centuries 
                         in the Amazon region. Depending on its intensity, it can result in 
                         forest degradation, contributing to increasing CO2 emissions. In 
                         Brazil, selective logging rules have been established by federal 
                         law based on forest growth parameters collected in the field. 
                         Since the Amazon forest is highly heterogeneous, selective logging 
                         parameters established by current forestry laws may be modified 
                         based upon specific studies conducted in targeted regions. 
                         However, few studies have collected forest growing parameters over 
                         long periods of time. This study focusses on the impact of 
                         selective logging policies in the Amazon, comparing thresholds in 
                         legislation with recommended practices found in literature 
                         regarding forest structure and dynamics in selective logging 
                         areas. We have undertaken a literature review of the main 
                         parameters found in studies conducted on different forest 
                         phytophysiognomies in the Amazon. Our analysis concludes that 
                         forest resources may be misused by uniformly applying the same 
                         selective logging strategy established by law for the entire 
                         Brazilian Amazon, regardless of site features. This study 
                         emphasizes the importance of considering parameters available in 
                         the current literature regarding distinct forest 
                         phytophysiognomies to inform regulation, since they may 
                         substaintially vary depending on site, which can affect timber 
                         activity, biomass production and carbon allocation estimations. 
                         Our results aim to provide precise information to support the 
                         development of informed forest regulation for sustainable timber 
                         harvesting in the Brazilian Amazon.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.foreco.2022.1201",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.1201",
                 issn = "0378-1127",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "Capanema_2022_assessing.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "15 jun. 2024"
}