Latin America is a crucial source of global forest values-whether the domestic and export values of commercial production or the global non-commercial values of forest services like carbon sequestration and biodiversity or the less-measured and generally more local contributions like watersheds and ...

We analysed the degree of price cointegration among pine log markets in northeast Argentina, Paraná State of Brazil, and Uruguay by examining price series over the period 2008--2020. We evaluated the cointegration of price series of the same product through the study regions. In the same way, we...

Research on the contribution of forests to local livelihoods has so far had a strong focus on quantifying the monetary value of forest-derived products and services. In this paper, we move beyond monetary valuation and integrate the less tangible and sometimes culturally complex dimensions through...

This special issue was proposed by the Organizing Committee of the commemorative event of the fifty years of the Graduate Program in Forestry Engineering at the Federal University of Paraná - 1972-2022. The issue contains 5 papers focusing on silviculture, management of native and planted forests,...

This work aims to evaluate alternatives to conciliate economic growth and the Amazon preservation. For this, we measured the economic costs to preserve the Brazilian Amazon by simulating a zero-deforestation policy. We also evaluate the scenario of deforestation in Brazil in the last decades. We...

Secondary vegetation is the land use that has increased the most in the Brazilian Amazon in recent years. Approximately 49% of the increase in the total area since the mid-2000s was due to forest regeneration. In this context, the present study aimed to evaluate how environmental policies and...

Globally, Brazil is one of the most important producers of wood products from forest plantations. Climatic conditions suitable for high productivity coupled with strong market demand and other factors have led to a marked increase in the area devoted to forest plantations in the country. Wood...

Forests are a key component of hydrological cycles, and thus deforestation is likely to affect the availability and quality of water for downstream agricultural production. However, in humid tropical regions where water is relatively abundant and the terrain is relatively flat, it is unclear...

The main objective of this study is to assess the economic value of the Brazilian Amazon's ecosystem services accruing to Brazilians based on a meta-analysis of the Brazilian valuation literature. Insight in these local values provides an important benchmark to demonstrate the importance of...

The question is the potential for sustainable forest practice for the state of Acre in Brazil's western Amazon. This paper uses a von Thunen-like approach together with local market data to examine commercial logging and mill opportunity for distances around Acre's mill and municipality center. It...