Mixed potential for sustainable forest use in the tidal floodplain of the Amazon River

Population dynamics and management of Amazon tidal floodplain forests: Links to the past, present and future

“…The Mazagão watershed has a long history of timber use (PinedoVasquez et al, 2001) with current small-scale timber extraction as part of diverse livelihood strategies that often include palm fruit and timber harvesting, fishing, and cropping. Mazagão is similar in composition and land use history to several adjacent watersheds, as confirmed by region wide inventories and surveys conducted in 2005 (Fortini et al, 2006). Mean annual temperature is 27 • C and average daily temperature varies by less than 3 • C from month to month.…”

Compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product management in natural tropical forests: Perspectives, challenges, and opportunities

“…In contrast, arborescent palms or other NTFP-bearing trees are more amenable for integrated timber-NTFP inventories since little deviation is needed from common practice. For example, the management potential of both timber and NTFPs derived from palms and trees (fruit, seed oils, latex) in Amazonian floodplain forests was determined through standard, tree inventory assessment (Fortini et al, 2006). Another advantage of shared biological similarity is that, in the case of arborescent life forms, logging damage to NTFP-bearing trees can be easily minimized by marking them during routine, pre-harvest timber inventories (Guariguata et al, 2009).…”

Growth-Oriented Logging (GOL): A new concept towards sustainable forest management in Central Amazonian várzea floodplains

“…Most studies dealing with sustainable forest management in the vá rzea so far have based their approach to sustainability on species composition and structure, as for example in the Amazon Estuary (Gama et al, 2005;Fortini et al, 2006). Knowledge on tree ages and increment rates, as well as regeneration processes, in the vá rzea floodplain is insufficient.…”