@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 = "29 jun. 2024"
}