Reduced Impact Logging in IFL

Leonardo Sobral - IMAFLORA

The Institute of Forest and Agricultural

Management and Certification,

is a civil non-profit organization

created in 1995 in Brazil.

IFLs area in Brazilian AmazonYear 2000: 246 million ha

Year 2013: 232 million ha

Loss: 15 million ha (6%)

Public lands, 55.30%Indigenous

lands37%

Private lands, 7.40%

Undefined, 0.30%

Property rights in IFL areas

Overlapping with Current and Potential FSC

certified areas12 Certified companies

(valid certificates)

Total area under FSC

certification: 1,2 million

50% (~ 590 mil ha) of

certified area is within IFLs

Only 0,35% of IFL area is

within certified

Potential for FSC Certification in public lands (forest concessions): ~1,3 million ha

A case to illustrate real threatens to IFLs in

Brazilian Amazon Accumulated deforestation:

2000-2016

RIL in Brazil

RIL with FSC certification is the best strategy to maintain the forest and

IFL;

RIL in Brazil:

Average logging = 20 cubic meters/ha;

Total impacted area = maximum 15%;

Constant monitoring and control;

Protection against illegal logging;

Recommendation

We support the forest management in IFL area;

Plan and engage local stakeholders at a landscape level;

Create a technical-scientific committee in FSC-Brazil;

Develop national indicators considering the local reality;

Some improvement at FMU level may be considered for specific cases;

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