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Appendix 1

Appendix 1. Production potential for selected industrial forest plantation species and countries with experience of afforestation with exotic or local species*

Species

Countries**

MAI
(m³ ha-¹ yr-¹)

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



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