The Chinese government is aggressively promoting development of a domestic wood pulp industry, integrated with a plantation-based fiber supply and downstream paper production. It is doing so by providing discounted loans from state banks, fiscal incentives, and capital subsidies for establishment...
Barr, C.
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Cossalter, C.
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[China's development of a plantation-based wood pulp industry: government policies, financial incentives, and investment trends]
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China's development of a plantation-based wood pulp industry: government policies, financial incentives, and investment trends
Tropical countries are expanding plantation forestry to develop sustainable wood production systems. Much of this is based on short rotations of exotic species. These systems require large capital investments, represent intensive land use and increase the demands on the soil. To develop options f...
Hopmans, P.
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Prabhu, R.
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Brand, D.
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Nambiar, S.
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Cossalter, C.
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[Development of C&I for tropical plantation forests]
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Development of C&I for tropical plantation forests
Cossalter, C.
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[Role of tree improvement in smallholder production systems: CIFOR’s views and research activities]
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Role of tree improvement in smallholder production systems: CIFOR’s views and research activities
This paper describes the main ecological and morphological attributes of the eucalypts and related genus Corymbia using Pryor and Johnson's taxonomic classification (1971) and other recent works by Johnson (1976) and Hill and Johnson (1995) as guidelines. The main thrust is on what taxonomy can t...