WHAT IS THIS PROJECT ABOUT?
SFM-BAM is a company dedicated to the conservation of forests, the recovery of degraded soils, reforestation, and the sale of environmental services. The main objective of the company is to link the emerging carbon market with the opportunities that are generated when you perform a proper management of forests such as the preservation of biodiversity, flora, fauna and water resources. Furthermore, it is primordial to our company the use of revenues from the sale of environmental services as a source of funding to maintain and conserve the ecosystems and in this way contribute in the world wide fight against the effects of global warming.
WHAT SPECIES ARE BEING REFORESTED?
Mahogany
INTERNATIONAL NAME: Mahogany, Caoba, Mara
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Swietenia Macrophyla G. King
COMMON NAME: Caoba
FAMILY: Meliaceae
Mahogany is distributed in the departments of Loreto, Ucayali, Cusco (Upper Urubamba) and Madre de Dios; it is found in climates with rainfalls ranging from 1,000 to 2,500 mms., with mean temperatures of 23ºC to 28ºC. It grows in both tropical dry and rain forests, at an altitude of up to 500 meters above sea level. It grows alongside other species of tree such as Sapote, Ubos and Ishpingo.
COLOR: Red, dark brown to creamy pink core (duramen). It looks pink when newly sawn.
SHEEN: High
GRAIN: Straight to intertwined
USE: Light constructions and molding, boats (deck coverings), domestic parquet, finishes and interior partitions, deluxe furniture, first class quality cabinets, flat decorative veneer, plywood, lathed articles, jewel boxes, musical instruments, furniture in general, cabinet-making, sculptures, fine art crafts, domestic utensils.
Source: National Timber Confederation – Peru and
http://www.petexbatun.net/es/caoba.html
Tahuarí – Ebony
INTERNATIONAL NAME: Ipe
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tabebuia serratifolia Nichols
COMMON NAME: Tahuari, ebony
FAMILY: Bignoniaceae
Found in the departments of Amazonas, Huanuco, Madre de Dios and San Martin, between 0 and 1,500 above sea level. It grows in average quantities in the Peruvian Amazon region. It grows as high as 36 m. Regular to good category logs can be found 15 to 20 m. long and 35 to 55 cm. in diameter, underdeveloped thick vanes, if any. Global crown of a dark green color, the trunk is a yellowish brown towards the base and cream or grayish towards the crown, with a rough appearance, superficial fissures and longitudinal cracks. Bright yellow laminar bark.
COLOR: The outer layers (sapwood) of the recently cut trunk are yellowish and the inner layers (duramen) are dark brown, and a marked contrast in color between these two layers may be observed.
SHEEN: Low to intermediate
GRAIN: Straight or intertwined
USE: The wood is used for heavy constructions, bodywork, joinery, sleepers, floors, parquet, tool handles, posts, bridges, marine constructions.
Source: PROMPEX
Shihuahuaco
INTERNATIONAL NAME: Cumaru
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dipteryx micrantha Harms
COMMON NAME: Shihuahuaco, charapilla, kumarut
FAMILY: Fabaceae-Papilionoideae
Found in the departments of Loreto and Ucayali. The species grows in average to high quantities in the northern Amazon region of Peru. It grows 40 meters high and 100 cms. in diameter, with elevated 4 meters high and 1.5 meters wide vanes. The live bark consists of two layers, each 2 mms thick.
COLOR: In a newly cut trunk, the outer layers (sapwood) are white and the inner core (duramen) is brown with light spots and a regular shape, with a sharp contrast in color between them.
SHEEN: Moderate to high
GRAIN: Intertwined
USE: The wood is hard, used for sleepers, bodywork, bridges over small riverbeds, floors, heavy constructions, outdoor carpentry work, grooving and parquet.
Source: PROMPEX
Mari-mari
INTERNATIONAL NAME: Faveira Amargosa
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vatairea Guianensis Aublet
COMMON NAME: In Peru – Mari-Mari, Marupá del Bajo. In Colombia – Guerra.
FAMILY: Fabaceae – Papilionoideae
Found in the departments of Loreto, Madre de Dios and Ucayali, between 0 and 500 meters above sea level. The species exists in large quantities in the northern area of the Amazon in Peru. It grows 20 meters high and 80 cms. in diameter; has a circular trunk with short superficial ribs. Its bark has two layers; an outer layer of 6 mms., soft but compact, of a pinkish brown color striped with fine yellow-brown lines, and a laminated yellowish inner layer 2mms. thick.
COLOR: The outer layers of wood (sapwood) of the recently cut trunk are a white to cream color and the inner layers (duramen) an intense yellow and are uniform in shape, and a marked contrast in color between these two layers may be observed.
SHEEN: Intermediate
GRAIN: Intertwined
USE: The wood is used as firewood in ovens of bakeries and brickworks; also for making canoes, heavy construction, framework, bodywork, furniture, parquet and carpentry in general.
Source: PROMPEX
Pacay
INTERNATIONAL NAME: Manniballi
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Inga edulis - Martius
COMMON NAME: Inga (Brazil), Guamo (Colombia), Guaba (Ecuador), Chimbillo (Peru)
FAMILY: Leg. Mimosoideae
It is also found in humid subtropical forests. The tree has a small umbrella-shaped crown and an intense green foliage with compound leaves. It has a short deformed trunk, and grows up to 20 meters high. The bark is a brown color from which light red resins exude.
COLOR: The sapwood is yellow pale and the duramen is light brown with dark veins.
SHEEN: Intermediate
GRAIN: Straight to intertwined
USE: The wood is used to make sheets of veneer, packing wood and furniture in general.
Source: Supporting Project for the Coordination and Implementation of the Forestry Action Plan for Bolivia FAO - PAFBOL (GCP/BOL/028/NET) |
