Project Meliaceae

Natural Forest Management: Sustainable Management Practices

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Saving the fate of big-leaved mahogany.
Summary of project R6912 (Ecology of Mahogany Regeneration)
Forest Research Programme
Department for International Development (UK)
http://www.frp.uk.com/filedir/mahog_final_for_web.pdf
Link not available 2 August 2004

Ecology and silviculture of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) in the state of Para in the Brazilian Amazon
Funder reference number: R6912 / 781-644-001
Funder: UK (DFID) Natural Resources Research Department
Project dates: 1997 to 2000
 Project summary included
Seedling dynamics, effects of silvicultural treatment on regeneration, demonstration of logging practices.
http://www.odi.org.uk/tropics/projects/3251.htm
Link verified 2 August 2004

Silviculture of Mahogany (Swietenia Macrophylla King) Trials
Study 1: Silviculture for sustainable tropical forestry in the Mayan ejidos of Quintana Roo, Mexico
Patricia Negreros-Castillo, Laura Snook
Study 2: Evaluation of establishment practices for mahogany and Spanish cedar in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Patricia Negreros-Castillo, Carl Mize 
Study 3: Reforestation of tropical hardwoods in Mexico: stock type and regeneration method affect growth.
J.G. Mexal, R.A. Cuevas-Rangel and P. Negreros-Castillo
http://www.forestry.iastate.edu/smaya/mexsilv.htm
Link verified 2 August 2004

Working Forests in the Tropics, University of Florida
Focal regions: Lowland Bolivia, Eastern Amazonia Brazil, Acre Brazil, Maya Forest Mexico
Includes work with Swietenia macrophylla and Cedrela odorata
Graduate training program to promote study of sustainable forestry
http://www.tropicalforests.ufl.edu/wft/research_sites.htm
Link verified 2 August 2004