Estimating the number of trees and forest area necessary to supply internationally traded volumes of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in Amazonia

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 26-35

  Grogan, J ^a,b   Schulze, M ^b,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazonia IMAZON   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Instituto Floresta Tropical IFT   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; CITES Appendix II; Export quota; Non detriment findings; Peru

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

SAWNWOOD; TROPICAL TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST INVENTORY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

AMAZONIA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 43149124405     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892908004554     Document Type: Article

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