Planted forests

FAO projects related to planted forests

FAO has undertaken field projects to assist member countries in testing and demonstrating alternative processes, methodologies and techniques in the field of planted forests. Some of these are listed in the table below, with appropriate Web links and downloadable documents.

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Country/ geographical area	Project Code	Description/objective	Links and available documents
China	GCP/CPR/009/BEL	Afforestation, forestry research, planning and development in the Three North Region	Web site
International	GCP/INT/628/UK	Timber production from hardwood plantations in the tropics and sub-tropics	United Kingdom support to timber production from hardwood plantations in the tropics and sub-tropics, 2002, Terminal Report GCP/INT/628/UK.  Working Papers, Plantation Thematic Series: FPs/11, 13, 14, 18-24. Varmola, M.I. & Carle, J.B., 2002, The importance of hardwood plantations in the tropics and sub-tropics, International Forestry Review, Vol. 4(2), June. Markets for high value tropical hardwoods in Europe, BioComposites Centre, 2001. World view of plantation-grown wood, paper presented at the IUFRO XXI World Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August, 2000. Current trends and development of plantation forestry in the Asia-Pacific countries, paper presented at the ITTO/FAO/DENR International Conference on Timber Plantation Development, Manila, Philippines, November, 2000. Modelling global forest products supply and demand: recent results from FAO and their potential implications for New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Vol. 44 (4), February 2000, pp. 6-9. Ball, J., Pandey, D. & Hirai, S., 1999. Global overview of teak plantations, paper presented to the Regional Seminar, Technology and Productivity of Teak Plantations, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 26-29 January. Whiteman, A. & Brown, C., 1999, The potential role of forest plantations in meeting future demands for industrial wood products, International Forestry Review, Vol. 1 (3), September, pp. 143-152. FAO, 1999, Role of planted trees and forest plantations in low forest cover countries, background paper presented at the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests, Second session, Geneva, 24 August-4 September 1998 in preparation for the Low Forest Cover Country (LFFC) Meeting, Teheran, Iran, 4-8 October 1998. FAO, 2000, The global outlook for future wood supply from forest plantations, Global Forest Products Outlook Study, Working Paper Series GFPOS/WP/03, by C. Brown, prepared for the 1999 Global Forest Products Outlook Study. FAO, 1997, Asia Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study.
Zambia	TCP/ZAM/0166(A)	Promoting the commercial viability of industrial copperbelt plantations	Original project document  , March 2001.