Luisa Rios is the local coordinator of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) key partner in the region, Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA). "Brazil nuts are one of the most important forest products for export that we’ve got," she says. "If we want these forests to produce not only today, but for the next 50 years, we need evaluate what is actually happening so that we can improve the best practice guidelines. This can only be done through field research on the ground." CIFOR scientists Manuel Guariguata (background, center left), Cara Rockwell (background, center right) and team, while Serapio Condori Daza (foreground), a Brazil nut harvester, finishes packing, Madre de Dios, Peru.
The scientists are working on a study examining the impact of selective logging on Brazil nut production - for the full story see:
www.blog.cifor.org/16623/harvesting-both-timber-and-brazi...
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For more information on CIFOR's research on Brazil nuts in Peru, please contact Manuel Guariguata (mailto:m.guariguata@cgiar.org)
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