The Amazonian forest sector and the adoption of sound forest management practices in the Brazilian...
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- The Amazonian forest sector and the adoption of sound forest
management practices in the Brazilian Amazon Marco W. Lentini, M.
Sc. Amazon program coordinator WWF Brazil
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- Outline Forest management and legality in the Brazilian forest
sector Our practical experience in the application of sound FM
practices Context analysis: how much Brazil needs the development
of a forest sector based upon the management of natural forests?
Main perspectives and problems for a sustainable forest sector in
Brazil
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- Forest management and legality in the Brazilian forest sector
Amazonian forest sector has a small economic contribution for the
Brazilian forest sector, strongly based on plantation forests (<
5% of the value of forestry products exported by Brazil in
2011/12). In the Amazon, however, the forest sector is important
for income and job generation (5% of the rural jobs in the region)
Forest sector in the Amazon is largely illegal. Official control
and monitoring systems are heavily susceptible to frauds. The pace
of deforestation is starting to slow down, but the challenge is the
implementation of a new forest code.
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- Forest management and legality in the Brazilian forest sector
Illegal logging tends to grow due to the fragility of control
systems and the intense urbanization and consumption of basic goods
within the Amazon (80% of the Amazonian population is urban and at
least 20% of the timber production is consumed locally). That
represents a risk for tax evasion, growth of informal jobs, and
increase in local conflicts with rural populations. Illegal logging
impoverishes forests and increase their likelihood to be deforested
in a few years. Likelihood of being arrested by illegal logging is
extremely low (< 1% of the cases) Great opportunities:
concessions in public forests and land available for CFM.
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- FSC certified area (MM hectares) A few forestry statistics: FSC
Certified area Year Communities Plantations NTFPs Timber companies
Source: FSC
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- Public Forests under concession in the Brazilian Amazon Source:
IMAZON, 2012
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- A few forestry statistics: Chatham house, 2010
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- Are under ilegal logging in the 2 major Amazonian state
producers (k hectares) Year Source: IMAZON, 2012
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- LabelEstimateSource Logwood production, 2012~ 13 MM m 3 Imazon,
2012 Area estimated by remote sensing as illegally logged (2011)
100 k haImazon, 2012 % of timber production generated under illegal
logging 15%-85%- FSC certified (timber)1.2 MM haFSC, 2013
Concessions0.8 MM haSFB, 2013 Necessary area under FM for a
sustainable timber sector 21-35 MM ha- Area available for
concessions21,8 MM haSFB, 2014 Area available for CFM34 MM haSFB,
2009 A synthesis: probable illegality in the Amazonian forest
secotor
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- Our practical experience in the application of sound FM
practices
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- Brazil has the necessary tools and knowledge to do good forest
management. Examples: Management systems: Celos, IFT/Imazon Some
training facilities: IFT, Funtac, among others Technology:
precision management Modeflora/Embrapa Brazil has the necessary
extent of public lands to maintain sustainably the forest sector
However, there is a lack of professionals to implement sound forest
management
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- 13 Source: IFT
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- % of quality Low Medium High Quality of the FMP evaluated in
Par State (08/2007 07/2011) Source: IMAZON, 2012
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- Source: Lentini et al., 2009 Estimated demand for trained
professionals to address Conservation challenges in FM
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- Major points in terms of sound FM application in the field Most
timber CFM and company-based enterprises, even the legal ones, do
not adopt entirely sound practices in the field Over time, this
problem will compromise forest quality and its capacity in
maintaining biodiversity and environmental services A sustainable
timber sector can only be created from investments in practical
training and the creation of specialists in critical areas, such
as: Parataxonomists Forest technicians Working safety and
ergonomy
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- Context analysis: how much Brazil needs the development of a
forest sector based upon the management of natural forests?
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- Public forests in the Amazon Control of public lands. At least
75% of the Amazon is public lands. FM is a good strategy in a
portion of these lands to conciliate long term sustainability and
livelihoods. At least 2 MM people live on public forests in the
Amazon Source: SFB, 2014.
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- # of cattle individuals Source: INPE, 2014. Source: IMAZON,
2012 Curbing deforestation. Despite all investment from government
in controlling and monitoring deforestation, it might increase
again. Cattle ranching and large- scale agriculture are the main
drivers. Valuing forests continue to be the best alternative
against deforestation.
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- The Brazilian Forest Code Enacted in 2012 Weakened conservation
criteria Solving environmental liabilities (land registry) and
restoration of forests In Brazil, goal of restoring 20 MM ha in 20
years Opportunity for compensation (concept of smart compensation
in development by WWF Brazil)
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- Establishment of a new forestry industry based on planted
forests, both for production (pulp, charcoal) as for restoration
liabilities. Need to implement a new forest industry based on
natural forests while planted forests can assume this role in 20
years or more. Source: IMAZON, 2012
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- Other factors Growth of Amazonian cities and middle-class
population Stability of hydrological crisis in southeastern Brazil
and productivity of commodities in center-western Brazil Long-term
scarcity of planted forests for civil construction and energy in
southeastern Brazil.
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- Main perspectives for a sustainable forest sector in
Brazil
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- Compliance with the Forest Code and recovery of 20 MM hectares
of forests in Brazil Legality issues: advancing with legal
verification and tracking of timber production WWF/RAA Tropical
timber roundtable New technologies (i.e., isotopes, near- infrared
readers) Forest positive agendas in the states Achieving ZNND
(zero-net deforestation and degradation)
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- Thank you WWF.ORG.BR marcolentini@wwf.org.br