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brazilian forests at a glance ministry of environment 2009

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president of the republic of brazil luiz inácio lula da silva vice-president of the republic josé alencar gomes da silva minister of environment carlos minc executive secretary of ministry of environment izabella mônica vieira teixeira general director of the brazilian forest service antonio carlos hummel brazilian forest service board of directors cláudia de barros e azevedo-ramos josé natalino m silva luiz carlos de miranda joels thaís linhares juvenal technical writing research and analysis team joberto veloso de freitas claudia maria mello rosa edilson urbano Êrika barretto fernandes cruvinel ivan dornelas falcone de melo juliana lorensi do canto ricardo alexandre valgas collaborators cecília jorge dino fabiana texeira barbosa guilherme luis augusto gomide paulo henrique rosado arenas maria alice correia tocantins márcia muchagata romélio lemos lustoza de souza translator mariana de lima medeiros photographies brazilian forest service archive brasília federal district brazil 2009

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brazilian forests at a glance reference period 2005 2009 ministry of environment brazilian forest service 2009

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foreword brazilian forests fulfil important social economic and environmental functions through a variety of goods and services they provide at national and global level while comprising 61.5 of the brazilian territory they are distributed in biomes whose particular characteristics also determine their contribution on a local scale providing shelter for wildlife and contributing to water resource conservation biodiversity and soil conservation production of timber and non-timber products climate stability and a range of cultural values conserving and managing our forests to rationally produce goods and services in a sustainable way is a challenge and an opportunity for the society as a whole an important aspect to enhance the value of our forests is however quantifying their breadth quality and socioeconomic importance through updated and reliable information brazilian forests ­ at a glance provides a concise and updated overview of natural and planted brazilian forests and their importance for the country it is based on data gathered from national sources produced by the main stakeholders involved in the management use and conservation of forest resources 02

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we believe that this pocket book will be very useful for those who take an interest in the conservation and management of forest resources in brazil antônio carlos hummel general-director of the brazilian forest service

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national statistics year of reference 2008 05

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contents foreword 2 national statistics 5 contents 6 aspects of the brazilian territory 9 brazilian forests 17 what is forest 18 forest area 20 natural forests 21 forest plantations 22 institutional framework for forest management 26 national forest inventory 30 monitoring deforestation 32 monitoring wildfires 39 governmental programs to fight deforestation and illegal use of forests 41 national protected areas .45 biodiversity/endangered and protected species 53 forest volume and biomass 55 types of forest use 57 public and private forests 58 sustainable forest management 61 forest concessions 62 community forests 64 06

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socioeconomic aspects of the forest sector 67 timber products 69 non-timber forest products 71 forest product exports 75 forest product imports 79 forest certification 81 socio-economic aspects of the legal amazon area 83 forest research and education 85 brazilian biomes and their forests 91 amazon 94 cerrado 97 atlantic forest 100 caatinga 103 pampa 107 pantanal 110 international comparison 113 references 115 07

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aspects of the brazilian territory

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brazilian states and federal district macroregions 10

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climate 11

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demographic density 12

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soils 13

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