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(3) Forest without Mahogany 
(5) Shrub forest 
| 
  
(7) Flood Plain and a. High forest 
palm forest (closed canopy) 
| b. Low forest 
wet «e 1 
conditions 
1(1) Mahogany Forest 
High forest 
| (Semi-open canopy) 
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(4) Creeper forest (2) Forest with creepers 
and 
occasional Mahogany 
  
  
  
a) On flat terrain 
b) on hills 
Special Type: (8) Shifting cultivation 
and secondary forest 
-— dry 
conditions 
| 
(6) Savanna 
The areas of the vegetation and vegetation types within the pilot area are: 
Types: 
1. Mahogany forest 
2. Forest with occasional creeper and mahogany 
3, Forest without mahogany 
4. Creeper forest 
5. Shrub forest 
6. Savanna 
T. Flood plain and palm forest 
8. Shifting cultivation 
Total 
Area in ha. 
32,500 
35,000 
45, 500 
92,000 
12,500 
20,000 
9,000 
_9,000 
257,500 
Based on the survey the estimation of the total volume of mahogany (without 
bark and above 50 cm d.a.b.) is 100.000 m. For the different sub-regions 
of mahogany forest, the mean volume ranges from 0.8 m’ /ha to 6.8 w/oa, 
GENERAL VEGETATION MAP FAO/SPEVEA SURVEY AND POTENTIONAL LAND USE MAP FOR 
TIMBER EXPLOITATION "PROJETO RADAM" 
Comparing these two maps, scale 1:1.000.000, one can 
Observe that the 
savanna and floodplain areas of the vegetation map are classified as insig- 
nifcant for timber exploitation. The mountainous area of the "Sierras",