A. Species
Scientific name: Swietenia macrophylla
Common name(s): Mahogany
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Vulnerable
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Pará
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Individual Site
Name/Details of location: Municipality of Aurora Pará at the Tramontina farm, about 220 km from Belém (sate of Pará)
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2011
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from significantly modified habitat
Type of use: Non-Extractive
Practice of use:
Lethal or non-lethal: Non-Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Scientific Research
Motivation of use: Largescale commercial exploitation for trade
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: National / local private sector
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from significantly modified habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: This technical report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Woodborer parasitism weakens and kills mahogany saplings and is costly to reafforestation efforts undertaken by plantation managers. Therefore, species sustainability is not in question here, per se, but the study aims to make ongoing cultivation more efficient and sustainable.
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: This technical report
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: Woodborers cause substantial economic damage to young mahogany plantations. Due to its high commercial value, mahogany is also called "green gold".
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
The study recommends the use of Hypsipyla grandella resistant plants and the application of Colacid. The authors found that planting mahogany with Toona ciliata (red cedar), reduced shoot borer attack by 50% the, because this exotic Meliaceae plant acts as a trap, attracting the moths that lay around 85% of eggs in T. ciliata and after two hours that caterpilar H. grandella eat the leaves of this plant die by the antibiosis effect. The most efficient systems for the shoot borer control in the state of Para were the following systems: a- Intercropping mahogany x T. ciliata + Colacid; b- Intercropping mahogany x T. ciliata + Colacid + fertilization with calcium and boron The intercropping system mahogany x T. ciliata + fertilization with Calcium and Boron influenced negatively on mahogany height growth.
Record source
Information about the record source: grey_lit
Date of publication/issue/production: 2011-01-01T00:00:00+0000
Source Reference(s):
FOUNDATION FOR SUPPORTING RESEARCH EXTENSION AND TEACHING IN AGRARIAN SCIENCES (FUNPEA)
Date of record entry: 2023-09-20