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Economic losses to sustainable timber production by fire in the Brazilian Amazon.

Although still the largest expanse of tropical rainforests in the world, the Amazon is suffering a declining capacity to deliver ecosystem services, to which the widespread use of fire is one of the main contributing factors. Even if fires directly affect the timber sector, most current logging prac...

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Published in:Geographical Journal Vol. 185; no. 1; pp. 55 - 68
Main Authors: Oliveira, Aline S., Rajão, Raoni G., Soares Filho, Britaldo S., Oliveira, Ubirajara, Santos, Lucas R. S., Assunção, Alexandre C., Hoff, Richard, Rodrigues, Hermann O., Ribeiro, Sónia M. C., Merry, Frank, Lima, Letícia S.
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2019
Subjects:
Amazon River Region
Rain forests
Economics
Timber
Sustainability
Lumber industry
Fire management
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost