Appendix 1. Production potential for selected industrial forest plantation species and countries with experience of afforestation with exotic or local species*
Species |
Countries** | MAI |
Eucalyptus | ||
E. deglupta | BRA, COB,
COL, CR, CUB, FIJ, HAW, I, (IND), IVC, MAL, NIG, (PHI), (PNG), SAB, SL SLK, SOL,
SUR, ZAI, | 14-50 |
E. globulus |
ALG, ARG. (AUS), BRA, CHI, COL ECU, ETH, I, ITA, KEN, NZ, PER, POR, SA, SP,
TAN, URG, USA, ZIM | 10-40 |
E. grandis |
ANG, ARG, BRA, COB, COL, I, KEN, MLW, MOZ, NIG, RWA, SA, SP, TAN, UGA, URG,
ZAI, ZAM, ZIM | 15-50 |
E. saligna |
ANG, ARG, BRA, BUR, CAM, GRE, HAW, I, IND, KEN, MLW, MOR, MOZ, NIG, NZ, RWA,
SA, TAN, UGA, URG, ZAI, ZAM, ZIM |
10-55 |
E. camaldulensis | ALG,
ANG, ARG, BRA, CHL, COB, CYP, GRE, I, ISR, ITA, KEN, LBY, MAD, MOR, NIG, PAK,
POR, SA, SP, TAN, TUN, TUR, URG, USA, ZAM, ZIM |
15-30 |
E. urophylla | ARG, AUS,
BRA, CAM, COB, FIJ, (IND), IVC, MAD, MAL, NIG, PNG, SOL |
20-60 |
E. robusta | ANG, ARG,
(AUS), BRA, CHL, CHN, CAM, COB, CR, FIJ, GRE, HAW, I, IND, KEN, MAD, MAL, MAU,
NIG, NZ, PER, PHI, PNG, PR, SA, SLK, UGA, ZAI |
10-40 |
Pinus | ||
Pinus caribaea var. caribaea |
ARG, AUS, BRA, (CUB), MAD, SA, SUR, UGA, ZAI, ZAM |
10-28 |
Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis |
AUS, (BEL), BRA, COB, CR, I, IND, FIJ, JAM, KEN, LIB, MAD, MAL, MLW, MOZ, NH,
NIG, SA, SLK, SUR, SWZ, TAI, TAN, TRI, UGA, VEN, VN, ZAI, ZIM |
20-50 |
Pinus patula | (MEX),
ANG, ARG, ECU, I, KEN, MAD, MLW, MOZ, NG, PER, SA, SWZ, TAN, UGA, ZAI, ZIM |
8-40 |
Pinus radiata | ARG,
AUS, BOL, BRA, CHL, COL, ECU, KEN, MLW, NZ, POR, SA, SP, TAN, UGA, URG, ZIM |
12-35 |
Pinus oocarpa | BRA,
COB, COL, FIJ, IND, LIB, MAL, PR, SA, SLK, SOL, TAI, ZAM |
10-40 |
Other species | ||
Araucaria angustifolia |
(ARG), AUS, (BRA), KEN, SA, TAN, UGA, ZIM |
8-24 |
A. cunninghamii | (AUS),
I, KEN, MAL, MAU, NIG, (PNG), TAN, TRI, UGA, ZIM |
10-18 |
Gmelina arborea | BRA,
CR, FIJ, GHA, I, IVC, MAL, MLW, NIG, PHI, SL, UGA, VEN |
12-50 |
Swietenia macrophylla |
(BEL), FIJ, HAW, I, IND, MAL, MAR, (MEX), NIG, PHI, PR, SLK, TRI |
7-30 |
Tectona grandis | BAN,
BEN, (MYA), COL, CUB, ECU, GHA, (I), (IND), IVC, MAL, MAU, PR, SL, SLK, (TAI),
TAN, TOG, TRI, VEN | 6-18 |
Casuarina equisetifolia |
ARG, BRA, CHL, CHN, EGY, I, KEN, MEX, MAU, PR, SLK, TAN |
6-20 |
C. junghuhniana | TAI,
IND | 7-11 |
Cupressus lusitanica |
ARG, AUS,BRA, CHL COL, CR, ECU, I, KEN, (MEX), MLW, POR PR, SA, SP, TAN, UGA,
VEN ZA, ZIM | 8-40 |
Cordia alliadora |
(BRA), COB (COL), (CR),(ECU), FIJ, IVC, MAU, NH, NIG, (PR) SL, SOL, TRI, UGA,
(VEN) | 10-20 |
Leucaena leucocephala |
AUS, GUA, (HAW), IND, MAU, (MEX), NIG, PR, PHI, ZAM, ZAN |
30-55 |
Acacia auriculiformis |
(AUS), I, (IND), MAL, NIG, (PNG), SAB, UGA, ZAN |
6-20 |
Acacia mearnsii | I,
KEN, SA, SLK, TAN, ZIM | 14-25 |
Terminalia superba |
ANG, (CAR), (COB), FIJ, (GHA), (IVC), (LIB), NH, (NIG), SOL, TAN, (TOG), TRI,
UGA, (ZAI) | 10-14 |
Terminalia ivorensis |
FIJ, (GHA), (IVC), (NIG), (SL), SOL, TAN, TRI, UGA |
8-17 |
Dalbergia sissoo | ECU,
(I), MEX, (PAK), SUD, ZIM | 5-8 |
Source: Webb et al. 1984, Wadsworth 1997.* Local species in parentheses. Some promising trials are included. However, many countries other than those listed carry out trials.
**Key to country abbreviations:
ALG Algeria |
MLW Malawi |
ANG Angola | MOR Moroco |
ARG Argentina |
MOZ Mozambique |
AUS Australia | MYA Myanmar |
BAN Bangladesh |
NH New Hebrides |
BEL Belize | NIG Nigeria |
BEN Benin |
NZ New Zeland |
BRA Brazil | PAK Pakistan |
BUR Burundi |
PER Peru |
CAM Cameroons | PHI Philippines |
CAR Central Africa
Republic | PNG Papua New Guinea |
CHL Chile |
POR Portugal |
CHN China | PR Puerto Rico |
COB Congo |
RWA Rwuanda |
COL Colombia | SA South Africa |
CR Costa Rica |
SAB Sabah |
CUB Cuba | SL Sierra Leone |
CYP Cyprus |
SLK Sri Lanka |
ECU Ecuador | SOL Solomon Islands |
ETH Ethiopia |
SOM Somalia |
FIJ Fiji | SP Spain |
GHA Ghana |
SUD Sudan |
GRE Grecia | SUR Surinam |
HAW Hawaii |
SWZ Swaziland |
I India | TAI Thailand |
IND Indonesia |
TAN Tanzania |
ISR Israel | TOG Togo |
ITA Italia |
TRI Trinidad Tobago |
IVC Ivory Coast | TUN Tunisia |
JAM Jamaica |
UGA Ugand |
KEN Kenya | URG Uruguay |
LBY Libya |
USA U. S. A. |
LIB Liberia | VEN Venezuela |
MAD Madagascar |
ZAI Zaire |
MAL Malaya | ZAM Zambia |
MAU Mauritus |
ZIM Zimbabwe |
MEX Mex | |