Author(s): Neto, Rui Manuel Landeiro
Date: 2009
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1069
Origin: Repositório da UTL
Subject(s): primary forest road; road fuels management; forest protection; forest zone of intervention; rede primária; faixa de gestão de combustiveis; protecção da floresta; ZIF
Mestrado em Engenharia Florestal e dos Recursos Naturais - Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Forest ecosystems are the basis for an enormous biodiversity and is the source of a range of goods and services of vital importance to humanity. Besides the products with commercial value, provide essential services to the community. They play a crucial role in the hydrological cycle, the protection of soil, biological and genetic diversity in air purification, in addition to recreational value, tourism and landscaping. In our forest there is an excessive vulnerability to external factors, including forest fires. It is necessary to implement the following strategic elements: increase the factors of protection against biotic and abiotic agents, particularly through the implementation of the primary forest road; promote the development and forest management; promote the diversification of forest products
