Abstract
ABSTRACT Understanding the Brazilian market for native wood helps forest managers and can guide conservation policies. This study aimed to evaluate the spatial and temporal distribution of supply and demand of the Brazilian native wood for four products namely, charcoal, roundwood, firewood, and sawn wood. We used the consumed wood volume from 2006 to 2016 in Minas Gerais (MG) tracking its supplier in Brazil accounting for 31 million cubic meters. These data were used as input for calculating mean centers and performing grouping analysis. The wood supply centers for the energy sector in Brazil have moved from Cerrado to the Caatinga biome. This change is consistent with historical patterns of agricultural expansion in Brazil. The largest mesoregions producing wood were: East of Mato Grosso do Sul State, South of Goiás State, and Center-South of Bahia State. The solid wood supply centers have moved from the North to Midwest regions but remained within the Amazon biome for almost all the years. This pattern is likely a consequence of timber regulation practices in the Amazon. The mesoregions: Madeira-Guaporé and East of Rondônia State, Southeast and Northeast of Pará State, and North of Mato Grosso State were the most important suppliers of solid wood to MG. Wood consumption for energy is centered in the Center and North regions of MG State, especially in Sete Lagoas, a hub of pig iron and cement industries. Solid wood products are dispersed in MG State, being Belo Horizonte, Conselheiro Lafaiete, Ubá, and Uberlândia the distribution centers of native wood for the furniture industry within MG. The spatial statistics helped to exploit the activity of the native wood market in Brazil and provides essential information for decision-makers that was not previously available.
Highlights
The Brazilian native wood market incorporates multiple ventures hold different positions in the production chain, varying in structure and capacity, but dependent of a common natural resource: the wood (Kies et al, 2009; Canova and Hicley, 2012; Köhl et al, 2015; Bösch et al, 2015)
3.1.Dynamics of the Brazilian native wood destined to Minas Gerais State
The volume of native wood allocated to Minas Gerais (MG) State market was about 31 million cubic meters from 2006 to 2016
Summary
The Brazilian native wood market incorporates multiple ventures hold different positions in the production chain, varying in structure and capacity, but dependent of a common natural resource: the wood (Kies et al, 2009; Canova and Hicley, 2012; Köhl et al, 2015; Bösch et al, 2015). The wood supply depends on forest biophysical conditions and the potential changes imposed to its structure, which may have anthropic or natural causes. The status of a forest depends on its ability to supply wood and on society’s needs (Paetzold et al, 2010). In this context, variation in the human desired level of provision, increases or decreases the demand for wood and other forest products, impacting economic factors, policies, among others (Curran and de Sherbinin, 2004)
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