XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997
	VOLUME 3, TOPIC 12 SUMMARIES OF VOLUNTARY PAPERS A CASE FOR REFORESTATION WITH NATIVE SPECIES IN TRINIDAD, WEST INDIES. Floyd M. Homer1 Reforestation efforts in Trinidad have generally been insufficient and focussed on non-native species, and particularly at the Melajo Forest Reserve, was continued partly due to the work of Bell in 1969. Some of these species however, for example, Pinus caribaea, appear ecologically inappropriate but have been used extensively on sandy soils after fires or harvesting have degraded the original vegetation. Little attention has been given to basic research on natural regeneration as a potential for future timber production. The objectives of this study were to identify and record the abundance of commercially important regenerating timber species and to provide suggestions for an appropriate management strategy. The field research was conducted over four consecutive years at the Melajo Forest Reserve in northeast Trinidad, where a fire in 1987 had devastated a mature mora (Mora excelsa Benth.) forest. Many commercially important species were regenerating in abundance especially Byrsonima spicata, Mora excelsa, Sterculia caribaea and Terminalia amazonia, which should be considered as natural alternatives for reforestation efforts at Melajo. Keywords: Reforestation, Mora, Trinidad, Timber Species, Regeneration. 1PhD., Vega De Oropouche, Via Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Previous Section Next Section   Download the Pdf file for this topic (332 K) What is a Pdf file ?   Back to Top of the page
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