G-ENV · Former PhD student
Thesis: Economic and ecological sustainability of forest logging for timber production and carbon storage in Amazonia
Defended on 18 June 2010
Current position
Researcher in tropical silviculture and forest dynamics, Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Belém
Doctoral research
Economic and ecological sustainability of forest logging for timber production and carbon storage in Amazonia.
Summary
The study evaluates the ecological and economic sustainability of selective logging using long-term data from Paracou in French Guiana and a managed forest in Pará, Brazil. It also contributes to modelling forest dynamics, mortality and recruitment after logging.