Global Change, Deforestation and the Future of African rainforests - Oxford, 4-6 January 2012 Logging in central Africa: extent and impact S. Gourlet-Fleury, F. Baya, D. Beina, D.Y. Ouédraogo, A. Fayolle, F. Mortier, F. Bénédet, D. Closset-Kopp, G. Decocq, A. Billand
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Global Change, Deforestation and the Future of African rainforests - Oxford, 4-6 January 2012
Logging in central Africa: extent and impact
S. Gourlet-Fleury, F. Baya, D. Beina, D.Y. Ouédraogo, A. Fayolle, F. Mortier, F. Bénédet, D. Closset-Kopp, G. Decocq, A. Billand
Global Change, Deforestation and the Future of African rainforests - Oxford, 4-6 January 2012
Logging in central Africa: where?
Six main countries:
404.8 106 ha
Forest area:
162.0 106 ha (40%)
Lowland rainforests:
142.2 106 ha (88% of
forested area)
Land Cover Map of Africa (GLC 2000) – DG-JRC
Data source: OFAC / COMIFAC
Global Change, Deforestation and the Future of African rainforests - Oxford, 4-6 January 2012
Logging in central Africa: where?
Rainforests area (106 ha) – Total: 162.0 106 ha
98.921.1
18.5
16.9
4.6 2.0 DRC
Gabon
Congo
Cameroon
CAR
Equatorial Guinea
Data source: OFAC / COMIFAC
Global Change, Deforestation and the Future of African rainforests - Oxford, 4-6 January 2012
Logging in central Africa: where?
Source: de Wasseige & Wala Etina, EDF 2010 (in press)
OFAC/COMIFAC
Forest area:
162.0 106 ha
Production forests:
62.0 106 ha* (38% of
forested area)
Allocated to
concessions (large):
39.0 106 ha (24% of
forested area)
* Estimated from ITTO (2011)
Global Change, Deforestation and the Future of African rainforests - Oxford, 4-6 January 2012
Logging in central Africa: what and how
much?
Contribution of the formal forestry sector to GDP: between
0.2 (Equatorial Guinea) and ≥ 6% (Cameroon, CAR)
Okoumé (Aukoumea klaineana,
Burseraceae) – 32%
Sapelli (Entandrophragma cylindricum,
Meliaceae) – 16%
Ayous (Triplochiton scleroxylon,
Malvaceae) – 11%
Azobé (Lophira alata, Ochnaceae)
Iroko (Milicia excelsa, Moraceae)
Aniégré (Aningeria sp., Sapotaceae)
Fifty commercial species, but ~10 species most valued:
Global Change, Deforestation and the Future of African rainforests - Oxford, 4-6 January 2012