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Saving What Remains Profit While Reducing Logging Damage Recent studies have suggested that reduced impact logging techniques are more economically feasible than once thought. A study by IMAZON scientists in Paragominas, Brazil found that reduced impact logging raised productivity 30%, reduced waste 78%, reduced total costs 12%, and increased revenue 19%. IMAZON scientists concluded that reduced impact logging techniques could allow a fixed area of the Amazon to be harvested indefinitely to provide the world's wood supply.

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Solutions Introduction Sustainable Forest Products Large-scale Forest Products Medicinal Drugs Logging Logging (con't) Oil Conservation Priorities Reserve Size & Valuation Organization Intergovernmental Institutions Communication, Education Indigenous people - - - - References (1) References (3) References (5)

Sustainable Dev - Agriculture Eco-tourism Foods & Genetic Diversity Medicinal Drugs & Pesticides Logging (con't) Cattle Increasing Productivity Types of Reserves Funding Developing nations NGOs International Organizations Conclusion - - - - References (2) References (4) References (6)

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