The Tropical-managed Forests Observatory (TmFO) aims to assess the impact of logging on managed forest dynamics, carbon storage and tree species composition at a regional level in the Amazon Basin, the Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. The project is coordinated by the CIRAD and involves 15 different research institutions. It is funded by the sentinel landscape program of CGIAR.
| TmFO brings together data from 489 permanent sample plot networks set up by the research institutions involved in TmFO, representing an area of more than 900 ha. Meta-analyses are used to answer questions such as the following: |
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How does the provision of different forest products and services vary across gradients of timber harvest intensity? |
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Are there tradeoffs in management practices aiming to enhance the production of different forest products and services? |
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Do responses of forests vary across the region, and does this follow trends in forest functional composition? |
Insights into forest responses to logging will contribute to assessing their resilience in the context of climate change and their capacity to provide goods and services sustainably. This will allow TmFO to make new recommendations towards more sustainable and profitable forest management.
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Located in tropical forests with a total surface ≥ 1 ha |
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All trees ≥ 20 cm diameter |
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Good reliable species identification |
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Mean annual precipitation ≥ 1000 mm |
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Consistent information on logging treatments |
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At least one pre-logging and at least two post-logging censuses |
| The Amazon Basin |
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11 experimental sites |
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5 countries |
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245 plots (672 ha) |
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35 control plots (164 ha, 25%) |
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Mean period of monitoring – 15 years |
| The Congo Basin |
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6 experimental sites |
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2 countries |
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92 plots (84 ha) |
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13 control plots (13 ha) |
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Mean period of monitoring – 13 years |
| Southeast Asia |
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7 experimental sites |
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2 countries |
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153 plots (158 ha) |
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11 control plots (69 ha) |
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Mean period of monitoring – 16 years |
Restoration 
Plantations and tree crop commodities 
Enhanced nutrition and food security 
Biodiversity, safeguarding and conservation 
Nationally determined contributions 
Bioenergy and biomaterials 
Blue carbon and peatlands 
Climate change adaptation 
Landscape governance 
Gender 
Silvopastoral systems 
Market-based agroforestry-forestry 
Farm-forest policy interface 
Agroecology 
Livelihood trajectory modelling and assessment 
Inclusive finance and business models 
Innovating finance for sustainable landscapes 
Public and private commitments to zero deforestation 
Orphan tree crops 
Effectiveness of approaches to sustainable supply 
Quality of FTA research for development 
Sentinel landscapes 
Foresight 
Seeds and seedlings delivery systems 
Smallholder tree-crop commodities 
