Forest Products from Latin America. Annotated Bibliography of ...

Aires, Argentina: Revista Investigaciones Forestales.
1( 1/2) 159-69.
Park, W.; Newman, L.C.; Ford, K. 1983. Fuelwood
supply for Managua, Nicaragua: sustainable alterna-
tives for the Las Maderas fuelwood supply region. Mitre
Corp., CATIE, AID Research and Development Abstracts.
11(1/2):1-64.
Describes a study of the fuelwood supplies for Managua,
Nicaragua, focusing on the region of Las Maderas to the
northeast of Managua. Assessments of harvesting and ac-
tive trade in fuelwood between Las Maderas and Managua
are made, as well as estimates of supply and demand. Al-
ternatives to fuelwood, such as charcoal are discussed as
well as various forest management options. Conclusions are
presented with some recommendations.
Paula, J.E. de. 1981. Internal structure of 16 species of
the flora of Brazil in relation to their possible use for al-
cohol, charcoal, coke, and paper production (Estudo das
estruturas internas das madeiras de dezesseis especies da
flora brasileira, visando seu approveitamento para prod-
ucao de alcool, carvao, coque e papel). Brasil Florestal.
11(47):23-50.
Describes the wood of 16 Brazilian species including:
Apuleia leiocarpa, Apuleia molaris, Caesalpinia ferrea, Cal-
listhene major, Calophyllum brasiliense, Copaifera langs-
dorfii, Cordia goeldiana, Maprounea guyanensis, Mimosa
artemisiana, Piptadenia macrocarpa, Qualea paraensis,
Spondias lutea, Tapirira guianensis, Virola multinervia,
Vochysia pyramidalis, Xylopia emarginata. The use of these
woods for alcohol, charcoal, coke, and paper is discussed.
Paula, J. E. de. 1982. Native species from the energy
viewpoint (Especies nativas com perspectivas energeti-
cas). In: Malvesi, I.T.O. [and others], eds. Proceedings of
the national conference on native species; 1982 September
12-18; Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sao Paulo,
Brazil: Silvicultura em Sao Paulo. 16A(2):1259-1315.
Describes wood anatomy studies on 53 Brazilian species,
in relation to their potential utilization for wood products,
alcohol, charcoal, or coke production. Fruit and seed of 10
woody species, and nonwoody subterranean organs of five
species were also examined.
Paz, J.; Ceballos, M.E. 1965. Study of the organic
chemical composition of Pinus radiata wood. Informativo
Tecnico. 21. Santiago, Chile: Instituto Forestal: 94-98.
Peterson, C. 1981. Biomass energy in the Caribbean
Basin: a case study of the Dominican Republic. In: Klass,
D.L; Emert, G.H., eds. Fuels from biomass and wastes.
Ann Arbor, MI: Ann Arbor Science Publishers: 533-555.
The potential for the use of biomass (wood and bagasse–
sugarcane residue) in the Caribbean Basin is reviewed.
The commercial energy use of these countries, biomass
resources, and actions to develop biomass energy in the
Dominican Republic are covered.
Petroff, G.; Doat, J. 1978. Destructive distillation of
tropical timbers. Influence of the chemical composition
of wood on the products of distillation (Pyrolyse des
bois tropicaux. Influence de la composition chimique des
bois sur les produits de distillation). Bois et Forets des
Tropiques. 177: 5 1-64.
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Describes the destructive distillation of several mixtures
of wood for comparison. Mixtures included six samples of
Gmelina arborea and Eucalyptus saligna X E. ‘12 ABL’,
3 mixtures of other tropical woods high in lignin, alcohol-
benzene extractives, celluloses and hemicelluloses, and a
mixture of French hardwoods. Distillation was at 500°C for
4 h. Data on the physico-chemical properties of the wood,
charcoal and distillation products are shown, as are the
chemical analyses of the distillates. The mixture of tropical
woods yielded more charcoal and less distillate than the
French hardwoods. High lignin woods gave more charcoal,
high cellulose woods more methanol, and high pentosan
woods more acetate. Woods with high levels of alcohol-
benzene extractives may cause tarry deposits in the stills.
Picot, F.; Boiteau, P.; Das, B.C.; Potier, P. 1973. Al-
kaloids of Pandaca [Tabernaemontana] retusa. Phytochem-
istry. 12 (9): 25 17-2519.
Potma, H.L.; Kengen, S.; Alves Alpande, M.R. 1976.
A statistical analysis of the present forestry situation in
Brazil (Uma analise estatistica da atual situacao florestal
Brasileira). PRODEPEF, Brasilia, Brazil. FAO Rep. No.
PNUD/FAO/IBDF/BRA-45. Serie Tecnica. 9:72.
Pozzi, H.; Sanchez, E.; Comin, J. 1967. Studies on
Argentine plants-22. Helietin, a new fuocoumarin from
Helietta longifoliata Britt. Tetrahedron. 23( 3) : 1129-1137.
Reicher, F.; Odebrecht, S.; Correa, J.B.C. 1978. Car-
bohydrate composition of some Amazonian forest species
(Composicao em carboidratos de algumas especies florestais
da Amazonia). Acta Amazonica. 8(3):471-475.
Describes the lignin and carbohydrate content of 24 species
of native Brazilian hardwoods as a measure to estimate the
capacity for ethanol production from the woods by fermen-
tation of sugars. Estimated production per ton of wood
varied between 189 and 325 liters, the highest for Protium
spp.
Ribas, C.; Garrido, L.M. do A.G.; Garrido, M.A.
de O.; Assini, J.L.; Rocha, A.D. da. 1984. Resin pro-
duction in Pinus –comparison between operational tech-
niques and chemical stimulants (Resin agem de Pinus–
comparacao entre tecnicas operacionais e estimulantes
quimicos. San .Paulo, Brazi. Boletin Tecnico do Instituto
Florestal. 38(1):35-46.
Ribeiro Filho, F.A. 1979. The ethanol-based chemical
industry in Brazil. United Nations Industrial Development
Organization. ID/WG.293/4. Presented at workshop on
fermentation alcohol for use as fuel and chemical seedstock
in developing countries. 68 p.
Rique, T. 1978. The industrialists and the search for new
extractive forest products with a view to obtaining a pos-
itive contribution to man’s social and economic develop-
ment. In: Proceedings of the 7th World Forestry Congress,
Centro Cultural General San Martin; 1972 October 4-18;
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Insti-
tuto Forestal Nacional. 5:6577-6595.
Rodriguez-V., F. 1975. A short study of the parameters
of processing and formulation for carrying out the impreg-
nation of woods with vinyl monomers at the pilot plant of
the Chemical Engineering Laboratory (Breve estudio de los
parametros de procesamiento y de formulacion para llevar a