WORKING PAPER SERIES
ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY TOWARDS 2010
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/23
by
Romulo N. Arancon, Jr.
Assistant Director
Asian and Pacific Coconut Community
Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
October 1997
The Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study is being undertaken under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission. This report comes under Workplan Number E25.4©. |
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INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY
Philippines
Indonesia
India
Malaysia
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Western Samoa
3. USES OF COCONUT WOOD AND MARKETS
Use in construction
Use in Furniture and high-value products
Charcoal
Chemicals
Market Profile
Demand
4. ECONOMICS OF COCONUT WOOD UTILIZATION
Coconut Lumber Production
5. PROSPECTS OF COCONUT WOOD UTILIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION
ANNEX 1 - PALM CHARACTERISTICS RELEVANT TO UTILIZATION