Plantation Forestry Worldwide

Plantation forestry based on successful breeding of superior tree genotypes is becoming more widely used by international forestry companies since it offers the possibility to grow and manage forests of high economic value and superior quality. The expansion of plantation forestry.

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By 2050 the total area of plantations is expected to exceed 200 million hectares and owing to their generally higher productivity than natural forest for.

Plantation forestry worldwide. In the year 2000 plantations were only about 5 of the global forest cover but produced 35 of global roundwood production FAO 2011 on 033 of the global land area and if all were managed properly could produce two thirds of global roundwood production Christie 2008. These could be restored through reforestation and tree planting. Forest plantations covered 187 million hectares in 2000 of which Asia accounted for 62 percent.

In addition to such services plantation forests provide direct and indirect benefits to biodiversity via the. The total global forest area decreased from 43 bil- lion hectares to 4 billion hectares 31 of the glob- al terrestrial area from 1990 to 2015 FAO 20151. Over the same period the area of planted forests in- creased from 168 to 278 million hectares and plant- ed forests are now 7 of the total global forest area.

The reported new annual planting rate is 45 million hectares globally with Asia and South America accounting for 89 percent. The vast majority of the worlds plantation forests are monocultures with just a small number of widely used tree genera such as and. Tree-planting and plantation forestry in tropical countries are expanding rapidly.

Forest plantations covered 187 million hectares in year 2000 of which Asia accounted for 62. Forest plantations are an increasingly important forest resource worldwide. Mixed plantations may be either composite stands or alternating sections of trees which act to block the spread of pests or pathogens.

In some countries Australia New Zealand Chile they already provide the bulk of wood products. This paper explores some of the forces driving plantation forestry and some of the impacts. At the same time it is estimated that worldwide about two billion hectares of forest landscapes have been degraded or even lost.

After devastating forest and peat fires in 2015 Indonesias Ministry of Environment and Forestry stepped up its fire monitoring and prevention effortsThe government issued a temporary moratorium on new oil palm plantation licenses and a permanent moratorium on primary. 620138943 m3wood USDA 2008 620138943 m. ForestrySA operates as an innovative and sustainable plantation forestry business producing and marketing high quality products.

Wood USDA 2008 620138943 m. Learn about deforestation rates and other land use practices forest fires forest communities biodiversity and much more. The forest plantation area represents a significant increase from the 1995 estimate of 124 million hectares.

3952025000 ha Woodland Area. The required funding for sustainable forest management is estimated to be between 70 billion and 160 billion per year globally World Bank 2014. Ethiopia has engaged in plantationdevelopment for over 100 years 5.

Recently since about 1960 intensively managed forest plantations have become increasingly common in a number of regions including North America Latin America Oceania and parts of Asia. Explore the state of forests worldwide by analyzing tree cover change on GFWs interactive global forest map using satellite data. Plantations of mixed species also will help prevent widespread infestations.

In addition to such services plantation forests provide direct and indirect benefits to biodiversity via the provision of forest habitat for a wide range of species and by reducing negative impacts on natural forests by offsetting the need to. Nonnative pines and species of eucalyptus make up a large percentage of the trees in plantations. Typically insects and diseases are specific to their host species and are not likely to switch species.

The forest plantation area is a significant increase over the 1995 estimate of 124 million hectares. Forestry is the science of establishing managing and conserving forests while management of a plantation forest is known as silviculture. A number of national and subnational initiatives appear to be having a long-term effect on reducing primary forest loss.

Tree plantations are comprised of three sub-types. Abstract Nearly 4 of the worlds forests are plantations established to provide a variety of ecosystem services principally timber and other wood products. Social and community forestry tree planting to control soil erosion and the use of agroforestry as well as many industrial afforestation projects are all part of the response to tropical.

The reported new annual planting rate is 45 million hectares globally with Asia and South America accounting for 89. Nearly 4 of the worlds forests are plantations established to provide a variety of ecosystem services principally timber and other wood products. However a number of highly desirable traits are not readily available in the breeding population and may be introduced using desirable genes from other organisms.

Although less than 5 of the total world forest area plantations account for nearly 35 of the worlds wood products FAO 2011.

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