System for Monitoring Timber Harvesting (Simex): Mapping logging in Roraima state – August 2021 to July 2022

Various authors. System for Monitoring Timber Harvesting (Simex): Mapping logging in Roraima state – August 2021 to July 2022. Belém: Imazon, Idesam, Imaflora e ICV.

Between August 2021 and July 2022, Simex network mapped 1.671 hectares of forestlands submitted to logging in the state of Roraima. This area is 32% larger than the area mapped in previous year (1,258 hectares). We detected that 71% (1183,26 ha) of the logged area had an authorization for harvesting and 29% (487 ha) were not authorized. Most of the illegal harvesting occurred in SETTLEMENTS and private rural properties.

ASSESSMENT OF LEGALITY

The data used to verify the legality of logging activities was obtained from a database of logging authorizations of Sinaflor (National System for Controlling the Origin of Forestry Products) and data from the Sustainable Forest Management Plans and Forest Logging Authorizations (Autex) made available by the GeoServer SisCom (Shared Environmental Information System). We checked whether each mapped logged area had an operating license and whether it was valid for that period.