PRODUÇÃO DE MATA NATIVA NO ESTADO DO ESPÍRITO SANTO

SUMMARY

The production from native stands in Espirito Santo has as prime product fuelwood having the charcoal production in second and the timber production in the last place. Generally speaking the wood production from native forests is going down regardless the product type. According from the existent data the fuelwood production had a loss of more than 90 % on a decade period. The timber production presented a 80 % reduction on the period from 1980 to 1990. Similar fact happened with the charcoal production that falls from a production of 105.000 metric tons in the year of 1973 to 20.000 metric tons in the year of 1990. From the information it is possible to say that in a near future there will be no more wood production from native forests besides that informal low income population's fuelwood consumption.

Key words:
Espirito Santo; Native Stands; Wood Production.