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The initial occupation of the Amazon adopted unsustainable practices fortimber resources exploitation which caused significant impacts.The techniques applied did not respect environmental or social criteria,contributing significantly to forest suppression, deterioration of air andwater quality, in addition to inhumane working conditions.
Aiming at sustainable economic growth, respecting the environment, employeesand the community, MANOA Florestal was one of the first companies to adoptreduced impact logging techniques in Brazil.Thus, a new concept of logging was implemented in which the techniquesapplied minimize the effect of interventions on the forest,increasing the efficiency of operations and management productivity.
It took several years of research for the development of adequate forest managementmethods.In 1994, the Sustainable Forest Management Plan was approved, including innovativepractices for environmental impact reduction. During 3 years, local forest operators wereselected and trained in the practice of a new work methodology, focusing on sustainability.Between the acquisition of the area in 1983 and the start of operations in 1997, it took 14years to gain expertise about the forest and its impact on the community.In 2005, this effort was recognized by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an internationally renowned forest certification.
Sustainable forest management is authorized in an area of approximately 74 thousand ha,MANOA has 69 thousand ha registered as Legal Reserve..In the forest system adopted by MANOA (polycyclic) the rotation is divided into intervalscalled “cutting cycles”.The management plan requires a cutting cycle of 30 years and a maximum volume intensity cutting of 25 m³/ha.Based on these numbers, MANOA harvests only 4.7% to 6.8% per hectare, of the totalavailable forest volume.These premises ensure the maintenance of adult specimens of various species managed.The 30-year period between each rotation allows the forest to regenerate, restoringtimber stock and allowing species diversity to perpetuate.
The methodology applied for forest area to be managed established by MANOA allowedthe forest to be segmented into 30 Annual Production Units (UPA).Sustainable forest management is about consciously exploiting the forest. Afterconsidering various factors and a forest inventory study of the area to be loggedIBAMA approves the removal of trees in limited numbers.For a tree to be removed from the forest, a thorough analysis is carried out taking in toregard various factores such as: age, impact to other trees in its surrounding areas, seedtrees, bird’s nest, etc.
