This paper reviews trends in the academic literature on cumulative effects assessment
(CEA) of disturbance on forest ecosystems to advance research in the broader context of …

Every year, logging in the world's largest tropical forest, located within the Amazon biome,
continues unabated. Although it is a preferred alternative to deforestation, the residual stand …

The tension between the large global demand for tropical timber, and ecological
sustainability and local socioeconomic development in the fragile natural ecosystems of the …

Land cover is an important descriptor of the earth's terrestrial surface. It is also crucial to
determine the biophysical processes in global environmental change. Land-use change …

Gold mining has rapidly increased across the Amazon Basin in recent years, especially in
the Guiana shield, where it is responsible for> 90% of total deforestation. However, the …

Management of tropical forest in the form of timber harvesting is a viable alternative to
deforestation in Amazonia. Nevertheless, a significant challenge for timber management in …

Forest disturbances increase the proportion of fast‐growing tree species compared to slow‐
growing ones. To understand their relative capacity for carbon uptake and their vulnerability …

Can heavily logged Amazonian dense forests produce commercial timber for a second
harvest under a 25–35-year cutting cycle? To address this question, we evaluated the forest …

Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this review was to determine what constitutes
current challenges in effectively implementing sustainable forest operations in Amazonia …

Tropical forests are under threat of increasing pressure from income-generating land uses.
Selective logging is a compromise that allows use of the land while leaving much of the …