Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate

The renewal of the forestry codes of the countries of the Congo Basin in the 90's has legalized management plans for forest concessions. These plans intend, among other objectives, to ensure the sustainable exploitation of commercial species. Sustainability is assessed using the stock recovery rate,...

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Autores principales: Picard, N., Namkosserena, S., Yalibanda, Y., Baya, F., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Nasi, Robert
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20990
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author Picard, N.
Namkosserena, S.
Yalibanda, Y.
Baya, F.
Gourlet-Fleury, S.
Nasi, Robert
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Gourlet-Fleury, S.
Namkosserena, S.
Nasi, Robert
Picard, N.
Yalibanda, Y.
author_facet Picard, N.
Namkosserena, S.
Yalibanda, Y.
Baya, F.
Gourlet-Fleury, S.
Nasi, Robert
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description The renewal of the forestry codes of the countries of the Congo Basin in the 90's has legalized management plans for forest concessions. These plans intend, among other objectives, to ensure the sustainable exploitation of commercial species. Sustainability is assessed using the stock recovery rate, which is defined in national directives as the ratio of the exploitable timber stock at the end of a felling cycle over the exploitable timber stock at the beginning of this cycle. Computing this rate requires forecasting the temporal development of each species during a felling cycle, which is usually achieved using the so-called “stock recovery formula”. This paper shows that this formula corresponds to a Leslie model, and then proposes a generalization as a Usher matrix model. Using the data from the M'Baïki experimental plots in the Central African Republic, the stock recovery rate for sapelli (Entandrophragma cylindricum, Meliaceæ), a major timber species in Central Africa, was estimated. The estimate was completed by its confidence interval using bootstrap methods. Although 225 observations were available for sapelli, the stock recovery rate was estimated with no more than an accuracy of about 45% at confidence level 95%. This did not permit to conclude whether the asymptotic stock recovery rate was greater or less than one. This suggested that much more observations than usually acknowledged are required to estimate the stock recovery rate with an acceptable accuracy. Different logging scenarios were finally tested to assess the impact of management parameters on the stock recovery rate of sapelli.
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spelling CGSpace209902025-01-24T14:12:28Z Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate Picard, N. Namkosserena, S. Yalibanda, Y. Baya, F. Gourlet-Fleury, S. Nasi, Robert sustainability forest conservation grazing The renewal of the forestry codes of the countries of the Congo Basin in the 90's has legalized management plans for forest concessions. These plans intend, among other objectives, to ensure the sustainable exploitation of commercial species. Sustainability is assessed using the stock recovery rate, which is defined in national directives as the ratio of the exploitable timber stock at the end of a felling cycle over the exploitable timber stock at the beginning of this cycle. Computing this rate requires forecasting the temporal development of each species during a felling cycle, which is usually achieved using the so-called “stock recovery formula”. This paper shows that this formula corresponds to a Leslie model, and then proposes a generalization as a Usher matrix model. Using the data from the M'Baïki experimental plots in the Central African Republic, the stock recovery rate for sapelli (Entandrophragma cylindricum, Meliaceæ), a major timber species in Central Africa, was estimated. The estimate was completed by its confidence interval using bootstrap methods. Although 225 observations were available for sapelli, the stock recovery rate was estimated with no more than an accuracy of about 45% at confidence level 95%. This did not permit to conclude whether the asymptotic stock recovery rate was greater or less than one. This suggested that much more observations than usually acknowledged are required to estimate the stock recovery rate with an acceptable accuracy. Different logging scenarios were finally tested to assess the impact of management parameters on the stock recovery rate of sapelli. 2011 2012-06-04T09:15:23Z 2012-06-04T09:15:23Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20990 en Stellenbosch University Picard, N., Namkosserena, S., Yalibanda, Y., Baya, F., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Nasi, R. 2011. Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate . In: Geldenhuys C.J, Ham C, & Ham H (eds.). Sustainable forest management in Africa: some solutions to natural forest management problems in Africa. Proceedings of the Sustainable forest management in Africa Symposium. Stellenbosch, 3 – 7 November 2008.. :185-196. Stellenbosch, South Africa, Stellenbosch University. ISBN: 978-0-7972-1345-6..
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forest conservation
grazing
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Namkosserena, S.
Yalibanda, Y.
Baya, F.
Gourlet-Fleury, S.
Nasi, Robert
Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate
title Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate
title_full Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate
title_fullStr Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate
title_full_unstemmed Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate
title_short Assesing the sustainable management of Entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate
title_sort assesing the sustainable management of entandrophragma cylindricum using the stock recovery rate
topic sustainability
forest conservation
grazing
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20990
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