Status and trends in global forest plantation development.

From: Forest Products Journal | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Carle, Jim; Lungo, Alberto Del; Vuorinen, Petteri | Copyright information

Forest plantations are grown to supply raw material for industry and for other uses, such as fuelwood. Forest plantations also provide additional non-wood forest products and benefits, from the trees planted or from other elements of the ecosystem that they help to create. They contribute environmental, social, and economic benefits. Forest plantations are used in combating desertification, absorbing carbon to offset carbon emissions, protecting soil and water, rehabilitating lands ...

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