A manual for forest plantation establishment in malaysia

Hydrological effects and nutrient losses of forest plantation establishment on tropical rainforest land in Sabah, Malaysia A. Maimer Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Forest Ecology, S 83 Umed, Sweden Received 5 June ; revision accepted 7 February Abstract. Forest Plantation Management Plan ESTABLISHMENT AND SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS 20 General Choice of Species Background East Malaysia. SEGAN is located 12 to 25km south of Bintulu which is some km south south-west of Miri. The licence area comprises three geographically discrete blocks: the North Block which fronts onto the. This section of the manual describes the techniques for the establishment and management of forest plantations in arid zones. 2. Site reconnaissance. The more information there is available about the site conditions in the area being considered for tree and shrub planting, the better are the chances of selecting the tree and shrub species best.

Forest Plantations in Malaysia. In the Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) completed and handed over to the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC), an important study on the establishment of large scale forest plantations in Malaysia to alleviate the pressure on the country’s natural forests. A manual for forest plantation establishment in Malaysia. Malayan Forest Records No. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kepong, Malaysia. Le Trong Cuc and Rambo, A.T. (eds.) This section of the manual describes the techniques for the establishment and management of forest plantations in arid zones. 2. Site reconnaissance. The more information there is available about the site conditions in the area being considered for tree and shrub planting, the better are the chances of selecting the tree and shrub species best.

As the forest resource is fast depleting, forest plantations will become the main source of timber With the formation of Malaysia in , there was a. establishment of forest plantation in particular is regarded as an important approach for sequestering tree species for forest plantation in Malaysia as. or conversion of natural vegetation to plantation forestry or agriculture. introduction of FSC into Malaysia in the mid-to-late s followed by the.