Article Title: Can Sustainable Management Save Tropical Rain Forests?
Author: Richard E. Rice, Raymond E. Gullison, John W. Reid
After reading this article, I learned how valuable mahogany trees are to the environment. if natural regeneration doesn't take place. However, proper conditions for mahoganies could be created by mimicking nature and clearing large openings in forest. One way to start to save the mahoganies is to promote preservation of the forests. We need to let people know about mahoganies and that they are being logged. We need to save the trees!
Author: Richard E. Rice, Raymond E. Gullison, John W. Reid
- Sustainable management requires both restraint in cutting trees and investment in replacing them.
- Tropical forests shelter a large array of flora and fauna.
- Mahogany seedlings only grow and prosper after natural disturbances.
- Floods sweep river banks clear and bury vegetation under thick layer of sediment.
- Such disturbances create widely dispersed pockets where seedlings can grow.
- Mahogany seedlings can not grow under shady canopy of forest.
- Human intervention would be needed to maintain mahoganies if natural regeneration doesn't take place.
- Could create proper condition for mahoganies by mimicking nature and clearing large openings in forest.
- Logging companies show no concern.
- Unrestricted logging is more profitable than logging in a way that ensures a constant supply of mahogany.
- Incentives driving uncontrolled logging is powerful in developing countries where government regulation is weak.
- Certification is an important tool for forest conservation.
After reading this article, I learned how valuable mahogany trees are to the environment. if natural regeneration doesn't take place. However, proper conditions for mahoganies could be created by mimicking nature and clearing large openings in forest. One way to start to save the mahoganies is to promote preservation of the forests. We need to let people know about mahoganies and that they are being logged. We need to save the trees!