Title:	Assessment of forest road models in concession areas in the Brazilian amazon
Authors:	Morais, Pricila do Prado Arima, Eugenio Yatsuda Souza, Álvaro Nogueira de Pereira, Reginaldo Sérgio Emmert, Fabiano Cardoso, Rodrigo Montezano Miguel, Eder Pereira Matricardi, Eraldo Aparecido Trondoli
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3366-4287 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6869-2715 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9901-125X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6259-4594 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5323-6100
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	University of Brasília, Department of Forestry Engineering, Graduate Program in Forestry Sciences University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geography and the Environment University of Brasília, Department of Forestry Engineering, Graduate Program in Forestry Sciences University of Brasília, Department of Forestry Engineering, Graduate Program in Forestry Sciences Federal Rural University of Pará, Institute of Agrarian Sciences University of Brasília, Department of Forestry Engineering, Graduate Program in Forestry Sciences University of Brasília, Department of Forestry Engineering, Graduate Program in Forestry Sciences University of Brasília, Department of Forestry Engineering, Graduate Program in Forestry Sciences
Assunto::	Amazônia Manejo florestal sustentável Estradas florestais
Issue Date:	7-Jul-2023
Publisher:	MDPI
Citation:	MORAIS, Pricila do Prado et al. Assessment of forest road models in concession areas in the Brazilian amazon. Forests, [S. l.], v. 14, n. 7, 1388, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071388. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/7/1388. Acesso em: 12 jun. 2024.
Abstract:	Forest management aimed at the sustainable use of forest resources is an alternative land use to deforestation and can improve forest conservation in tropical regions. The construction of forest infrastructure, including forest roads, skid trails, and log-landings, is a key factor in minimizing the impacts and forest disturbances typically caused by selective logging activities in tropical forests. In this study, we used field and secondary data to assess the planned and implemented forest infrastructure in a study site of 5723 hectares under a forest concession in the Caxiuanã National Forest, located in the state of Pará, Brazilian Amazon. We tested alternative modeling approaches (the Tomlin and Spanning Tree models) by comparing them with the previously planned and implemented logging infrastructure by a concessionaire timber company (CEMAL Ltd.) in the study site. Our results indicate that the Tomlin model was the best approach for allocating forest roads in the study area, as it demonstrated the optimal balance between financial costs and forest disturbances for timber extraction. Additionally, Minimum Spanning Tree modeling achieved the most favorable results in delineating secondary roads and skid trails in the study site, despite slightly higher financial costs compared to the minimum acceptable costs. This alternative approach to modeling forest infrastructure can contribute to reducing forest disturbances and increasing the economic and ecological sustainability of forest management in tropical forests.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Tecnologia (FT) Departamento de Engenharia Florestal (FT EFL)
metadata.dc.description.ppg:	Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Florestais
Licença::	© 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/)
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/f14071388
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