Timber logging in the Amazon (IMAGE)

Lancaster University

Timber logging in the Amazon

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More than 403 million hectares of tropical forests worldwide have been earmarked for timber concessions with selective logging a common economic activity. The Brazilian Amazon alone holds around 4.5 billion m3 of commercial timber volume, and increased is the demand on Amazonian hardwood as African and Asian timber stocks are exhausted.

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Felipe Franca

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