Logging impacts

Fungal rot on the a felled tree stump in Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) concession near Puerto Maldonado, Peru.

CIFOR is working on a study examining the impact of selective logging on Brazil nut production - for the full story see: Harvesting brazil nuts in Peru www.blog.cifor.org/16623/harvesting-both-timber-and-brazi...

Photo by Marco Simola/CIFOR

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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