Growing plantation forests

The Resource Growing plantation forests

Label

Growing plantation forests

Statement of responsibility

P.W. West

Language

eng

Summary

This book describes the scientific principles that are used throughout the world to ensure the rapid, healthy growth of forest plantations. As the population of the world increases so does the amount of wood people use. Large areas of natural forests are being cleared every year and converted to other uses. Almost as large an area of plantation forests is being established annually to replace those lost natural forests. Eventually, plantations will produce a large proportion of the wood used around the world for firewood, building, the manufacture of paper and bioenergy. Forest plantations can also provide various environmental benefits including carbon storage, rehabilitation of degraded land, serving as disposal sites for various forms of industrial or agricultural waste and enhancing biodiversity in regions that have been largely cleared for agriculture. Whatever their motivation, plantation forest growers want their plantations to be healthy and grow rapidly to achieve their purpose as soon as possible. This book discusses how this is done. 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

Cataloging source

GW5XE

Dewey number

634.956

Illustrations

illustrations
maps

Index

index present

LC call number

SD391

LC item number

.W37 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

NLM call number

SD 391

Context

Context of Growing plantation forests

Work of

Growing plantation forests, P.W. West

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Growing plantation forests

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The work Growing plantation forests represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.