Selective Logging Detection in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Floresta e Ambiente, 2019 Selective logging activities are commonly observed in the Brazilian Amazon and are responsible for high forest impact. In this study, selective logging detection techniques and the spatiotemporal extension of forests impacted by logging activities ...
Olívia Bueno da Costa +4 more
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Mapping low-intensity selective logging across the Peruvian Amazon [PDF]
Environmental Research LettersSelective logging is a major driver of tropical forest degradation and is estimated to span over 400 million hectares of tropical forest. Despite widely available forest monitoring tools that effectively map deforestation, accurate and scalable remote ...
Christopher G Bousfield +6 more
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Avian responses to selective logging shaped by species traits and logging practices. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2015 Published 20 May 2015Selective logging is one of the most common forms of forest use in the tropics. Although the effects of selective logging on biodiversity have been widely studied, there is little agreement on the relationship between life-history ...
Burivalova Z +5 more
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Influence of deforestation, logging, and fire on malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Malaria is a significant public health threat in the Brazilian Amazon. Previous research has shown that deforestation creates breeding sites for the main malaria vector in Brazil, Anopheles darlingi, but the influence of selective logging, forest fires ...
Micah B Hahn +4 more
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Does selective logging affect litter deposition rates in central Brazilian Amazonia?
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 Selective logging is one of the main human activities that are drastically modifying tropical forests around the world. Reduced-impact logging emerged as a rational model of timber harvesting that reduces the impacts on the ecosystems and contributes to ...
JARLESON L. BARREIROS +3 more
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An Assessment of Selective Logging Policies and Practices in Nepal
, 2022 The efficient use of forest goods and services is crucial for sustainable forest management (SFM). The selective logging (SL) is one of the dominant forest harvesting practices and contributes nearly 15% of global timber need.
Cockfield, Geoff +3 more
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Reconciling timber extraction with biodiversity conservation in tropical forests using reduced-impact logging [PDF]
, 2015 Over 20% of the world's tropical forests have been selectively logged, and large expanses are allocated for future timber extraction. Reduced-impact logging (RIL) is being promoted as best practice forestry that increases sustainability and lowers CO2 ...
Davies, Zoe G. +2 more
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Operational features of the Far East forests [PDF]
Сибирский лесной журнал, 2023 Forest area of the Far East reaches almost 50 % of the forest area of the Russian Federation. The share of the operational forest fund accounts for about 50 %, the rest are protective, protected, low-density, near-tundra and reserve forests.
E. V. Lashina
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Remote sensing of tropical forest degradation from selective logging [PDF]
, 2019 Remote sensing is the most accurate and cost effective way to monitor forests at large spatial scales. The preceding decade has seen incredible progress in accurate forest monitoring from space, with operationalized deforestation and fire alerts ...
Hethcoat, Matthew G
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Survival of Greater Bird-of-paradise and its habitat after selective logging: A preliminary observation in Papua [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesSelective logging in a timber logging concession could affect certain species, including birds. The impact of selective logging on Greater Bird-of-paradise ( Paradisaea apoda) has never been studied before.
Mardiastuti Ani, Mulyani Yeni A.
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