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The Importance of Quality in Teak Plantations
Tropical countries need to protect their forests and also satisfy their wood requirements. One option is to increase substantially, the area of managed natural forests. However, sustainable management of natural ecosystems and at the same time satisfying the demands, is not always realistic. Supplementary plantations are urgently required to produce renewable hardwoods for economic development, poverty alleviation and to decrease pressure on natural forests.
Plantations that use best management practices can be 20 times more efficient, in terms of production, as compared to the natural forests.
Teak is the most widely cultivated quality hardwood and has many advantages as a plantation species. However, critical problems are encountered in conventional plantations. New quality approaches are required to overcome such problems. The approaches must be open-ended and innovative. A range of possibilities is examined, including the innovative Consortium Support System of TEAK 21.
The impacts of plantation production beyond the growing site, like the natural forests, environment, downstream industries and the consequences of using timber instead of other industrial commodities must all be taken into account while identifying new approaches of plantation management. Ultimately, the whole process must have positive impacts on the human efforts to achieve sustainable development.
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
Tropical countries need to protect their forests and also satisfy their wood requirements. One option is to increase substantially, the area of managed natural forests. However, sustainable management of natural ecosystems and at the same time satisfying the demands, is not always realistic. Supplementary plantations are urgently required to produce renewable hardwoods for economic development, poverty alleviation and to decrease pressure on natural forests.
Plantations that use best management practices can be 20 times more efficient, in terms of production, as compared to the natural forests.
Teak is the most widely cultivated quality hardwood and has many advantages as a plantation species. However, critical problems are encountered in conventional plantations. New quality approaches are required to overcome such problems. The approaches must be open-ended and innovative. A range of possibilities is examined, including the innovative Consortium Support System of TEAK 21.
The impacts of plantation production beyond the growing site, like the natural forests, environment, downstream industries and the consequences of using timber instead of other industrial commodities must all be taken into account while identifying new approaches of plantation management. Ultimately, the whole process must have positive impacts on the human efforts to achieve sustainable development.
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
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