The method used to evaluate forest degradation and ecological impacts from logging presented in
this paper has a large potential to be disseminated to other regions in Amazônia and surrounding
countries. As main advantages, we can cite its simplicity and viability to be used in different
contexts. Measurement of roads, log decks and skid trails can be improved in large scale
enterprises using recent GPS technology, in a way to gain productivity in these assessments.
However, the methodology still requires validation in other forest types and technological
alternatives, mainly considering community forest management operations, to be useful to create
standards to measure degradation over large extents of forests and socio-cultural contexts.