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Growing Plantation Forests
P.W. West
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Description for Growing Plantation Forests
Hardcover. Growing Plantation Forests Num Pages: 341 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TDJ; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
This book describes the scientific principles that are used throughout the world to ensure the rapid, healthy growth of forest plantations. As the population of the world increases so does the amount of wood people use. Large areas of natural forests are being cleared every year and converted to other uses. Almost as large an area of plantation forests is being established annually to replace those lost natural forests. Eventually, plantations will produce a large proportion of the wood used around the world for firewood, building, the manufacture of paper and bioenergy. Forest plantations can also provide various environmental benefits ... Read more
This book describes the scientific principles that are used throughout the world to ensure the rapid, healthy growth of forest plantations. As the population of the world increases so does the amount of wood people use. Large areas of natural forests are being cleared every year and converted to other uses. Almost as large an area of plantation forests is being established annually to replace those lost natural forests. Eventually, plantations will produce a large proportion of the wood used around the world for firewood, building, the manufacture of paper and bioenergy. Forest plantations can also provide various environmental benefits ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
329
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319018263
SKU
V9783319018263
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About P.W. West
Professor Phil West has been a forest scientist for over 40 years. His research specialities concern the growth behaviour of forests. He is presently a forestry consultant and teaches both plantation forestry and forest measurement in the forestry school of Southern Cross University in northern New South Wales, Australia.
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