Forests for a Better Future: Sustainability, Innovation and Interdisciplinarity

Monaco, Angela Lo; Macinnis-Ng, Cate; Rajora, Om P.

doi:10.3390/f13060941

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“…The hypothetical example shown in Figure 2 contains a common structure of uneven-aged forests in northern Mexico, where the genera Pinus and Quercus predominate, followed by the genera Juniperus, Arbutus and occasionally the genus Alnus (Rascón-Solano et al, 2022b). These types of forests offer a solution to climate change by storing carbon, providing ecosystem services and sustainable products (Lo Monaco et al, 2022;Başkent and Kašpar, 2022;Saklaurs et al, 2022). On the other hand, they have the potential to produce soft and hard wood, with which it is possible to supply different markets at the same time.…”

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Efficient use of timber resources in Mexico: Historical development and current challenges

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The use and consumption of wood has always captured the attention of forest researchers, mainly from the point of view of forest management and the sustainable processing of raw materials. For this reason, the wood industry has not only been concerned with the maintenance of forests, but also with efficient processing. The objective was to identify, analyse and discuss the main elements that influence the efficient use of natural timber resources at a global, regional and local level, providing a historical and current perspective of the industrial forestry sector in Mexico. Historically, the wood industries worldwide have been concerned with applying intensive silvicultural treatments in native and artificial forest stands, in search of satisfying the demand of a growing market. In this context, industries evolved as processes needed to be more efficient. Therefore, efforts were made to reduce and take advantage of forest residues, at the same time various historical events generated additional needs. At present, the integration of silviculture and forest transformation allow to increase and improve the quality of the products generated. Through the application of intensive silvicultural treatments, products of a single species are obtained. However, it is possible to direct production to a specific market as the forest mass develops. For its part, selective treatments in uneven-aged forests maintain a constant production of diverse products for different specialized markets. In Mexico, it is imperative to analyse and generate innovative or competitive products derived from wood to improve the efficiency of forest harvesting.

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