Methodology for multiple and integrated use of Amazonian tropical forests.

Abstract

The objective of this work was to develop a method for preparation of management plans for multiple use of tropical forests heterogeneous. The method was divided into four stages. The first, building a database with the function of storing the information of all species and their products. Second, organization of information from the forest, with three functions: to integrate information from field surveys of the forest management of the target, such as inventory by sampling and census; Recover the database the existing information on the characteristics of species and their products, and process and format the information to GIS. The third step was the analysis of the economic viability of exploitation and processing of products. The fourth was to distribute the species sources of the products of management classes: in class 1, the species for whose management rules are already established technical and legally, in class 2, the species that require the establishment of standardized procedures or minimum operating and monitoring and class 3, the waste or by-products of the forest, whose actions are restricted to registration and statistics of their holdings. In the method, the monitoring activities and their costs, were also treated.