Optimal strategies for ecosystem services provision in Amazonian production forests
2019
Piponiot, Camille | Derroire, Géraldine | Putz, Francis | Sist, Plinio | West, Thales | Descroix, Laurent | Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro | Coronado, Eurídice | Kanashiro, Milton | Mazzei, Lucas | D’oliveira, Marcus Vinicio Neves | Peña-Claros, Marielos | Rodney, Ken | Ruschel, Ademir | Souza, Cintia Rodrigues De | Vidal, Edson | Wortel, Verginia | Hérault, Bruno | Rutishauser, Ervan | Ecologie des forêts de Guyane (UMR ECOFOG) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Université de Guyane (UG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Department of Biology [Gainesville] (UF|Biology) ; University of Florida [Gainesville] (UF) | Forêts et Sociétés (UPR Forêts et Sociétés) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad) | Département Environnements et Sociétés (Cirad-ES) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad) | ONF Guyane, Réserve de Montabo ; Office National des Forêts (ONF) | Embrapa Amapa | Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP) | EMBRAPA Amazonia Oriental ; EMBRAPA Amazônia Oriental | Embrapa Acre, Rio Branco, Brazil ; Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7) | Wageningen University, Forest Ecology and Forest Management Group | Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development | Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental | University of Sao Paulo, Department of Forest Sciences | CELOS, Forest Management Department | CarboForExpert
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Afficher plus [+] Moins [-]anglais. Although tropical forests harbour most of the terrestrial carbon and biological diversity on Earth they continue to be deforested or degraded at high rates. In Amazonia, the largest tropical forest on Earth, a sixth of the remaining natural forests is formally dedicated to timber extraction through selective logging. Reconciling timber extraction with the provision of other ecosystem services (ES) remains a major challenge for forest managers and policy-makers. This study applies a spatial optimisation of logging in Amazonian production forests to analyse potential trade-offs between timber extraction and recovery, carbon storage, and biodiversity conservation. Current logging regulations with unique cutting cycles result in sub-optimal ES-use efficiency. Long-term timber provision would require the adoption of a land-sharing strategy that involves extensive low-intensity logging, although high transport and road-building costs might make this approach economically unattractive. By contrast, retention of carbon and biodiversity would be enhanced by a land-sparing strategy restricting highintensive logging to designated areas such as the outer fringes of the region. Depending on management goals and societal demands, either choice will substantially influence the future of Amazonian forests. Overall, our results highlight the need for revaluation of current logging regulations and regional cooperation among Amazonian countries to enhance coherent and transboundary forest management.
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