Acacia and eucalypt plantations, managed over rotation cycles of 5–8 years, are important
resources for wood production in Southeast Asia. This paper reviews the processes that …

This report first presents a scientific review of the biophysical basis for sustaining wood
production over successive rotations in tropical environments, focusing on genetic selection …

Productivity of commercial acacia and eucalypts plantations in Southeast Asia was analysed
using company inventory data to assess growth rates and their variation and trends. Growth …

This research project was initiated in 1995 to address some concerns of many people,
including scientists, who were questioning the prospects of tropical plantations established …

The pulp and paper industry in Sumatra, Indonesia, completely changed its key plantation
forest species during 2012–2017 from their previous mainstay, Acacia mangium (which had …

We report on experimental studies conducted in South Sumatra with interrelated objectives
to (i) examine the trends in production covering 30 years, including three rotations of Acacia …

More than 3 000 000 ha of tropical acacias have been established in recent decades, mostly
grown on short rotations of 4–7 years, by a range of growers, from smallholders in Vietnam …

This final chapter of the book draws together the salient principles elaborated in the
preceding chapters and relates them to ideas, expectations and approaches to sustainable …

Planted forests have more than a millennium of history and represent the world's best hope
for meeting global wood requirements in the twenty-first century. Advances in genetic …

ABSTRACT In Sumatra and Kalimantan in Indonesia and Sabah in Malaysia, the spread of
two diseases, aggravated by damage by fauna, and by the humid tropical environment, has …