PROPOSALS FOR A GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR IMPROVED USE OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES (continued)

IV. A GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES (continued)

IV B. PROPOSED PROGRAMME 1975–79 (continued)

Table 6
FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES PRIORITIES (BY REGION, SPECIES AND OPERATION)

Operation	Importance rating		Operational priority rating										Remarks
Operation	Importance rating		Exploration		Evaluation		Conservation				Utilisation
Species	Wood Production	Other Purposes	Botanical	Genecological	Collection for Testing	Testing (Provenance Trials)	In Situ	Collection for Conservation	Storage as Seed etc.	Ex Situ in Artificial Stands	Use of Bulk Supplies	Individual Selection and Breeding
7. (b) South-East Asia
Acacia nilotica		1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	for soil protection and range management in arid zone
Acacia senegal		1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	" " " "
Albizia falcata	2		-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	important for pulp
Anthocephalus cadamba (syn. A. chinensis)	3		-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	proved difficult to grow in monoculture (India)
Araucaria cunninghamii	1		-	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	2	2
Araucaria hunsteinii	1		-	1	1	1	3	-	-	-	2	2
Azadirachta indica	1		-	1	1	1	2	-	-	1	1	2
Bamboo spp.	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	sporadic flowering habit may endanger regeneration
Bischofia javanica	3		-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
Bombax ceiba	1		-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1
Dalbergia latifolia	1		-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-
Dalbergia sissoo	1		-	1	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	2	v. promising N. India and Pakistan
Dipterocarpus spp.	1		-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	needs research on seed storage
Eucalyptus deglupta	1		-	1	1	1	2	1	-	1	-	2
Eucalyptus urophylla	1		-	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	2	3
Gmelina arborea	1		-	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	needs research on seed storage
Pinus kesiya (syn. khasya, insularis)	1		-	2	1	1	2	-	-	1	1	1
Pinus merkusii/merkusiana	1		-	2	1	1	-	1	-	1	-	1
Santalum albus		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	high priority parts of S. India
Tectona grandis	1		-	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	2	1
Toona ciliata	3		-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Toona serrata	3		-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

8. Africa
Acacia albida		1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	important for soil protection and range management in arid zones, also for gum, tannin or fodder production
Acacia nilotica		1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Acacia senegal		1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Acacia tortilis		1	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Alluaudia procera	2		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	(E) in Madagascar
Aucoumea klaineana	1		-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	2	(E) of great local importance to some W. African countries
Brachylaena hutchinsii	2		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	(E) in part of range
Burtt-davya nyacica	3		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chlorophora excelsa	1		2	1	-	-	3	1	3	1	1	1	selection for resistance to gall of utmost importance
Chlorophora regia	1		2	1	-	-	3	1	3	1	1	1
Diospyros spp.	1		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	for ebony wood
Entandrophragna angelense	1		-	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	selection for resistance to shoot borer of utmost importance
Entandrophragna cylindrious	1		-	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	" " " " "
Entandrophragna utile	1		-	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	" " " " "
Gymnostemon saizou	1		-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	(E) in Ivory Coast
Juniperus procera	2		-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	conserve as part of ecosystem
Khaya anthotheca	1		-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	selection for resistance to shoot borer of utmost importance
Khaya grandifoliola	1		-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	" " " " "
Khaya ivorensis	1		-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	" " " " "
Khaya nyasica	2		-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	" " " " "
Khaya senegalensis	1		-	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	3	-	(E) in northern part of range
Maesopsis emirii	2		-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	important in Uganda
Mitragyna ciliata	2		2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	locally important in W. Africa
Manclea diderrichii	2		2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	" " " "
Perioopsis elata (syn. Afrormcsia elata)	2		2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	(E)
Pterocarpus angolensis	2		-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Pterygota macrocarpa	3		-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	-
Terminalia ivorensis	1		-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
Terminalia superba	1		-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Triplochiton scleroxylon	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Turraeanthus africana	1		2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	locally important in W. Africa
Widdringtonia whytei	2		-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	conserve as part of ecosystem

9. Australia
Acacia binervata	2			2	2
Acacia cyanophylla	3	1		2	2	2					2		coastal shelter and salt tolerance
Acacia elata	2			2	2
Acacia peuce	2	2		2	2	2	1	2					Limited distribution, use in v. arid areas
Acacia pruinocarpa	3	2	3		3
Acacia salicina	2	2		2	2	2					2		shelter in arid zones with high pH
Araucaria cunninghamii	1			1	1	1	3				2	2	selection and breeding in Australia
Callitris glauca	1			3		3					3
Callitris intratropica	1			2		2	3				2
Casuarina decaisneana	2	2		2		3	3						use for shelter in arid zones
Casuarina glauca	3	3		3									use for coastal windbreaks
Eucalyptus acmenioides	1			2	2	2
E. alba		2	2	2			3		3		2
E. argophloia	2				2		1		1
E. astringens	1	2		2	2	1					2		tannin production
E. bicostata	1			1	1	1	1	2			1	3
E. botryoides	1	3		1	1	2			3		2		use for coastal wind breaks, sand fixation
E. brassiana	2		2	2	2	2			3
E. brevifolia	3	1	1		2								use for shelter in arid zones
E. brockwayi	1		3		2		3				2
E. camaldulensis	1			1	1	2	1	1	3		1	1
E. cambageana	2			2		2
E. citriodora	1	1		2	1	1			3		1	2	use for oil production
E. cladocalyx	2	2		2	3	2	2		3		3		use for windbreaks
E. cloeziana	1			1	1	2	3		3		2	2
E. crebra	1			2	2	2			3
E. cypellocarpa	1			2	2	2			3
E. dalrympleana	1		3	2	2	2			3		1	1
E. deanei	1		2	2	1	2			3		1	1
E. delegatensis	1		2	2	2	2						2
E. dives var. “C”		1		1	2	2	1		3			1	oil production
Eucalyptus drepanophylla	2			3	2	3
E. dunnii	1			2	1	2	1				1	1
E. exserta	2			2		2
E. fibrosa spp. fibrosa	2			2
E. fastigata	1		1	2	1	2			3		2	3
E. gamophylla	3	2		2	2				3				oil production