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 SILVICULTURE and AGROFORESTRY
 The Forestry Compendium - a silvicultural reference.
Multimedia CD-ROM with connections to the Internet.
CABInternational.
An excellent comprehensive silvicultural reference covering species distribution, characteristics, site
selection, seed sources.
Essential for all those involved in plantation forestry. A guided tour is available from the Internet
site - now at a reduced price that
makes it affordable to most practitioners.
Description:
http://www.cabi-publishing.org/AllOtherProducts.asp?SubjectArea=Pla&Subject=Forestry&PID=105
Online compendium ( registration needed)
http://www.cabi.org/compendia/fc/index.asp
CDROM Agroforestree Database.
ICRAF, Kenya
A tree species reference and selection guide, and tree seed suppliers directory.
http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/Sites/TreeDBS/AFT/AFT.htm
Plantation Forestry in the Tropics
Evans, Julian 1992
2nd edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 403 p.
An excellent, practical text on the topic.
Sustainability of Forest Plantations: The evidence
A review of evidence concerning narrow-sense sustainability of planted forests
Evans, Julian 1999
DFID.
ISBN 1 86192 099 7
A good summary of the issues. Available from DFID
Plantations: Potential and Limitations
Hardcastle P., November 1999.
Available from the WB Forestry Policy web site.
Provides a clear overview of the current situation with respect to plantations and their role in the
future. In recent years the role of
plantations has been questioned and it is no longer a subsector funded by the donors. However
with the rise in interest in
sequestration and a realisation that natural forest will be unable to provide industrial requirements,
further attention needs to be
given to this type of investment. Current area of planting is believed to be around 110-140 million
ha, figures are not precise.
The paper suggests that an additional 80 million ha will be needed by 2050.
The Eucalyptus Dilemma.
FAO, 1998
A concise account of the pros and cons of growing Eucalypts. Useful information for anyone
dealing with communities and the
general public where concerns have been raised on the use of this genus.
Silviculture in the Tropics
H. Lamprecht, 1989
GTZ. 294pp
ISBN 3-88085-422-x
Covers all aspects of silviculture within both the moist and dry tropics. There is also an extensive
section dealing with plantation
forestry.
Managing Africa's Tropical Dry Forests
Shepherd, Gill 1992
ODI, UK. 117pp
ISBN 0 85003 169 9
A good review of indigenous methods – one of few texts that are concerned with dry forests.
Tropical Moist Forest Silviculture and Management
A history of successes and failures.
Dawkins H.C. and Philip M, 1998
CAB International.
ISBN 85199 2552
Text initiated by Colyear Dawkins, a few years before his death and completed by Michael Philip. Provides
an excellent
overview of where forest management has led to some success and where the overall results have been
poor.
Conservation and Management of Tropical
Rainforests
An integrated approach to sustainability
Bruenig, Dr.E.F. 1996.
CAB International, UK.172pp
ISBN 0 85198 994 2
An excellent, practical text.
Reduced Impact Logging
International Forestry Review March 2000: Special Edition
Commonwealth Forestry Association
A useful set of articles on the topic
Farms, Trees and Farmers
Responses to agricultural intensification
Editors: Arnold, J.E.M. and Dewees, P.A. 1997
Earthscan Publications
ISBN 1 85383 484 X
A compendium of knowledge and experience that is a unique contribution to the literature on farm forestry.
A vital text for
anyone looking at trees on farm or agroforestry. Previously published in hardback as:
Tree Management in Farmer Strategies
Arnold, J.E.M. and Dewees P.A. 1995
Oxford University Press
Guide to Handling Tropical and Subtropical Forest
Seed
Schmidt, Lars. 2000
Danida Forest Seed Centre. 511pp
ISBN 87-982428-6-5
Excellent up-to-date practical, technical manual on all aspects of seed handling.
Visit
www.dfsc.dk
to order.
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