Growing Plantation Forests

Most contain a single tree species although plantations of a mixture of species are important in some parts of the world. Plantation forests are a type of managed forest in which the trees are planted as opposed to naturally regenerated of the same age and generally of the same species and are intended to maximize the production of wood fiber.

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Growing plantation forests. This book discusses how this is done. Old-Growth Forests versus Second-Growth Plantations. Whatever their motivation plantation forest growers want their plantations to be healthy and grow rapidly to achieve their purpose as soon as possible.

In a highly readable fashion this book describes the scientific principles which are used throughout the world to ensure rapid. Plantation forestry is often much like any other agricultural enter-. Forest plantations can provide critical environmental social and economic benefits.

The objective of the Farm Forestry Program is to promote commercial wood production on cleared agricultural land and where possible to integrate plantation enterprises with other agricultural land uses. Plantation forests are grown to supply wood and to provide environmental benefits such as waste disposal rehabilitation of degraded sites enhancement of regional biodiversity and reduction of logging in native forests. The private sector has 80 of this growing stock.

The growing stock in forest plantations is estimated to be 2 350 330 m3 based on the yield model for Pinus caribaea and Eucalyptus grandis. Plantations are forests created by man by planting seeds or seedlings usually at a regular spacing. Plantation forests are grown to supply wood and to provide environmental benefits such as waste disposal rehabilitation of degraded sites enhancement of regional biodiversity and reduction of logging in native forests.

Successful forest plantations require species well matched with sites improvement of genetic stock control of competing vegetation and attention to thinning and related operations that enhance tree quality and stand growth. Trees in a plantation forest are usually planted uniformly in rows to maximize the sites growing space and resources to. Being close together the seedlings grow straight as they compete for available moisture sunlight and nutrients.

Tree seedlings have been raised in a nursery Sect. Forest plantations require intensive management inputs more similar to agriculture than to traditional management of native-species forests. Is the incorporation of commercial tree growing into farming systems.

Many plantations are on abandoned agricultural land and therefore. Sound forest plantation management tree improvement and silviculture can sustain andor enhance productivity of forest plantations. As long as we replant the trees why shouldnt we cut down the old-grow.

Growing Plantation Forests by P. Limit plantation size to 50 ac or smaller Establish a ratio of 1 ac of permanent opening per 20 ac of trees within plantations 50 ac Establish irregular plantation boundaries Establish or preserve hardwood corridors and firebreaks -roads planted to herbaceous cover to increase diversity. Eg in plantations there may be intensive site preparation weed control fertilizer use pest control relatively frequent uses of heavy machines for harvest and planting with associated impacts on soils.

22 Principles of Plantation Growth Consider a newly established forest plantation. This book describes the scientific principles that are used throughout the world to ensure the rapid healthy growth. At nine months old about 25cm high the seedlings are planted at 1600 trees per hectare.

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To do so however it is important that forest plantations be managed in accordance with a defined end-use objective. The nursery cultivates young plants from seed or cuttings sourced from genetically superior plants. It is written for a worldwide audience from forestry professionals and scientists through to small plantation growers and describes how plantations may be grown responsibly and profitably.

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