Geoffrey M. Blate
University of Florida
7 Papers
Geoffrey M. Blate is an academic researcher from University of Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Logging & Forest management. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications.
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Papers
Tropical forest management and conservation of biodiversity: an overview
TL;DR: This paper is a much abridged version of World Bank Environment Department Paper 75, “Biodiversity Conservation in the Context of Tropical Forest Management,” by the same authors.
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Beyond reduced-impact logging: silvicultural treatments to increase growth rates of tropical trees
Marielos Peña-Claros,Todd S. Fredericksen,Alfredo Alarcón,Geoffrey M. Blate,U. Choque,Claudio Leaño,Juan Carlos Licona,Bonifacio Mostacedo,William Pariona,Z. Villegas,Francis E. Putz +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of logging and application of additional silvicultural treatments (liana cutting and girdling of competing trees) on the growth rates on trees in general and on of future crop trees (FCTs) of 24 commercial timber species was analyzed.
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Financial and ecological indicators of reduced impact logging performance in the eastern Amazon
Thomas P. Holmes,Geoffrey M. Blate,Johan C. Zweede,Rodrigo Pereira,Paulo Barreto,Frederick Boltz,Roberto Bauch +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of costs and revenues was made for typical RIL and conventional logging operations in the eastern Amazon in Brazil and other tropical countries in response to domestic and international concern over the ecological and economic sustainability of harvesting natural tropical forests.
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Timber production in selectively logged tropical forests in South America.
Michael Keller,Gregory P. Asner,Geoffrey M. Blate,John McGlocklin,Frank Merry,Marielos Peña-Claros,Johan C. Zweede +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors recommend that the forest sector be governed by simple, understandable regulations, based on sound science and consistent enforcement, and that governments work with, instead of against, industry.
Modest trade-offs between timber management and fire susceptibility of a bolivian semi-deciduous forest
TL;DR: This paper assessed fire susceptibility in a Bolivian semi-deciduous forest subjected to four management intensities: no logging control; selective harvest only; and two harvest treatments with additional silviculture.
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