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Quality Timber Products of Teak from Sustainable Forest Management
2-5 December 2003, Peechi, Kerala, India
A Report On Teak In Madhya Pradesh With Technical Analysis
P. B. Gangopadhyay
Abstract 12
Madhya Pradesh, in the heartland of India, has the largest forest area of 95,221 km2 and highest forest cover 77,265 km2 with growing stock of 50 million m3. Teak occurs in over 35,000 km2 of forest area. The forest is managed sustainably according to scientifically prepared working plans. This produces 0.25 million m3 of teak timber annually. Teak is a light demander species, managed in a rotation of 80- 120 years, grows well on deep alluvial soil, in moist and humid climate and produces timber with attractive colour and grain. In Madhya Pradesh, teak is harvested by the Forest Department and marketed through established depots in open auction. Teak is managed well under intensive silviculture systems. Ban on green felling in natural forest over the last two decades has jeopardized the natural regeneration of this light demander species and has posed the danger of retrogression from high forest to coppice forest. This is resulting in reduction of quality and yield. Plantation grown teak, even with high input, maintains its strength properties. Raising plantations on a large scale with high input, therefore, can supplement the productivity of natural forests. Teak requires early and heavy thinning. Experience in Madhya Pradesh and other states of the country is that proper thinning has not been done in most of the plantations. This has resulted in appreciable loss of increment. With innovative efforts of high input, teak plantations have succeeded well in Madhya Pradesh. This may pave way for increasing productivity of teak plantations ensuring their sustainability.
Keywords: Teak plantations, rotation, sustainable, natural regeneration, plantation productivity, increment, high input
P. B. Gangopadhyay
Madhya Pradesh Forest Department Satpura Bhawan, Bhopal - 462003 Madhya Pradesh, India
E-mail: pbgifs@rediffmail.com
We are one and only high yielding tissue culture teak producers in India & abroad
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BALAKRISHNA MUTHUKURI
MOTHER AGRI BIOTECH LABORATORIES INDIA PVT. LTD.
BANGALORE.
+919035003471
Quality Timber Products of Teak from Sustainable Forest Management
2-5 December 2003, Peechi, Kerala, India
A Report On Teak In Madhya Pradesh With Technical Analysis
P. B. Gangopadhyay
Abstract 12
Madhya Pradesh, in the heartland of India, has the largest forest area of 95,221 km2 and highest forest cover 77,265 km2 with growing stock of 50 million m3. Teak occurs in over 35,000 km2 of forest area. The forest is managed sustainably according to scientifically prepared working plans. This produces 0.25 million m3 of teak timber annually. Teak is a light demander species, managed in a rotation of 80- 120 years, grows well on deep alluvial soil, in moist and humid climate and produces timber with attractive colour and grain. In Madhya Pradesh, teak is harvested by the Forest Department and marketed through established depots in open auction. Teak is managed well under intensive silviculture systems. Ban on green felling in natural forest over the last two decades has jeopardized the natural regeneration of this light demander species and has posed the danger of retrogression from high forest to coppice forest. This is resulting in reduction of quality and yield. Plantation grown teak, even with high input, maintains its strength properties. Raising plantations on a large scale with high input, therefore, can supplement the productivity of natural forests. Teak requires early and heavy thinning. Experience in Madhya Pradesh and other states of the country is that proper thinning has not been done in most of the plantations. This has resulted in appreciable loss of increment. With innovative efforts of high input, teak plantations have succeeded well in Madhya Pradesh. This may pave way for increasing productivity of teak plantations ensuring their sustainability.
Keywords: Teak plantations, rotation, sustainable, natural regeneration, plantation productivity, increment, high input
P. B. Gangopadhyay
Madhya Pradesh Forest Department Satpura Bhawan, Bhopal - 462003 Madhya Pradesh, India
E-mail: pbgifs@rediffmail.com
We are one and only high yielding tissue culture teak producers in India & abroad
*
*
BALAKRISHNA MUTHUKURI
MOTHER AGRI BIOTECH LABORATORIES INDIA PVT. LTD.
BANGALORE.
+919035003471
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