Large-scale logging in Suriname's interior: too few facts, to many uncertainties.
1996
Dijn de Bart P.E.
This paper discusses the conditions of Suriname's interior and the technical feasibility of large-scale logging in the light of the sustainability. It is uncertain if the CELOS Management System (CMS), a supposedly sustainable logging system developed in Suriname, is truly sustainable when applied to the forests of the interior. The land-scape types in the interior are considered difficult to work in with heavy equipment and can generally be considered erosion-prone. Large-scale logging in the Interior would be comparable in size and tempo with ecosystem changes by prehistoric climate changes; consequently special protective measures would be warranted and could be based on the Refuge Theory. Biodiversity would be effected and ought to be preserved in-situ. Indigenous peoples living in the forest could be affected through land-resource use conflicts. Current developments in the forestry sector in Suriname are not encouraging and call for caution with respect to future developments. It is suggested here that the best way to tackle new developments, such as large-scale forestry, is to subject them to an environmental impact assessment, preferably at an early, strategic stage. Finally, a set of rules and procedures is proposed in an attempt to define some modalities for large-scale logging in Suriname; some conditionalities are added.
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