Commercial timber exploitation occurred in the DSCPA in the 1970s and 1980s.

Mecoacán is considered to be the second most important lagoon system in Tabasco with extensive oyster banks below bordered by mangrove areas which have been reduced through timber exploitation.

It has pink flowers and can be up to 20 meters tall, though they rarely achieve the size required for timber exploitation.

The Mayumbe area of Lower Zaire was once the major center of timber exploitation, but forests in this area were nearly depleted.

By 1985, 72 percent of West Africa's rainforests had been transformed into fallow lands and an additional 9 percent had been opened up by timber exploitation.

By the late 1970s, the government had zoned large areas of the surrounding forest for timber exploitation.

On the other hand, the current rate of timber exploitation in Sarawak beggars belief.

A. guatemalensis is listed as threatened by the IUCN due to timber exploitation and loss of habitat.

Since commercial timber exploitation officially ceased in 1972, the forest has recovered well, although large areas are dominated by planted species.

A good anchorage made Chonchi a natural stopping place for traffic in the canals and timber exploitation transformed it into a hub for development of the region.