Jari Phase III

Long-term monitoring of the performance of certified managed forests (selective logging) to promote sustainable use

Project team

Primary contacts

Jos Barlow
Toby Gardner
Carlos Peres

Additional Members

Ivanei Araujo
Malva Hernandez
Julio Louzada
Fernando Vaz-de-Mello

Project summary

Using a novel and objective indicator selection procedure we identified three high performance indicator taxa (dung-beetles, birds and large mammals) to evalutate the long-term sustainability of “sustainable forest management” (SFM). Logging is widely seen as the most profitable economic activity that is able to maintain native forest cover, and enormous areas (>50 Million hectares) of the Amazon have been earmarked as National Forests suitable for SFM programs. Yet the long-term sustainability of reduced-impact logging practices is poorly known. We are using a powerful before-after impact experiemntal design, examing forest plots before they are logged, and then evaluating the impacts of the logging at regular intervals over time. This long-term study covers a range of soil types and topology, and uses large blocks of unlogged forests as controls.

Key publications

Forthcoming

Collaborating institutions

Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of
Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom

Universidade Federal de Lavras, Campus Universitário - Caixa Postal 3037 - CEP 37200-000 - Lavras MG

Orsa Florestal / Jari Cellulose Vila Munguba, S/N - Monte Dourado, Pará CEP 68240-000, Brazil.

Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), Av. Perimetral 1901, Bairro Terra Firme, Belém - Pará, 66.077-530, Brazil

Universidade Federal da Paraiba, Cidade Universitária-Campus I, 58.059-900, João Pessoa - Paraiba, Brazil

Project Sponsors

	United Kingdom Government Darwin Initiative
	Orsa Florestal / Jari Cellulose Vila Munguba, S/N - Monte Dourado, Pará CEP 68240-000, Brazil.