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Hidden economies, future options: trade in non-timber forest products in eastern Indonesia
Publication Code:
TR077
Price:
$42.00
This report analyses a broad range of non-forest timber products to identify those that could be developed into a wider industry to improve the incomes and livelihoods of farmers and agribusiness in the East Nusa Tenggara province of eastern Indonesia.
Balsa: biology, production and economics in Papua New Guinea
Publication Code:
TR073
Price:
$25.00
This study provides information on the biology of balsa, the status of the balsa industry, and explores the relative merits of the main balsa production systems in PNG.
Economic potential of land-use change and forestry for carbon sequestration and poverty reduction
Publication Code:
TR068
Price:
$13.00
A report on the potential for smallholders in developing countries to be involved in sequestering carbon in agroforestry systems.
Towards improving profitability of teak in integrated smallholder farming systems in northern Laos
Publication Code:
TR064
Price:
$27.00
Occurring naturally in Laos, teak is one of the world's finest timbers.
Controlled pollination methods for Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
Publication Code:
TR063
Price:
$17.00
The production of tea-tree oil from Melaleuca species in Australia began some 80 years ago, and the industry has grown steadily, if erratically, since then.
Evaluation of international provenance trials of Casuarina equisetifolia
Publication Code:
TR058
Price:
$15.00
The results published in this report reveal a considerable amount of genetic variation between provenances of Casuarina equisetifolia and provide important information for people interested in agroforestry and fuelwood production in the tropics and subtropics
Trials of cold-tolerant eucalypt species in cooler regions of south central China
Publication Code:
TR057
Price:
$15.00
Eucalypts are of considerable economic, social and environmental importance in southern China
Heartrots in plantation hardwoods in Indonesia and Australia
Publication Code:
TR051
Price:
$10.00
Detection and identification of the causal fungi of heartrot disease is fundamental to effective disease management strategies for heartrot pathogens in tree plantations
Chukrasia: biology, cultivation and utilisation
Publication Code:
TR049
Price:
$10.00
This technical report on Chukrasia has been prepared as part of ACIAR forestry project FST/1996/005
Techniques for pollinating eucalypts
Publication Code:
TR034
Price:
$23.00
This report describes the practical steps necessary to produce controlled cross seed of eucalypts as a means of tailoring plantations for increased vigour and desirable traits such as high wood density, high pulp yield, optimum fibre length, low extractives content and a higher content of essential oils
Afforestation of imperata grasslands in Indonesia
Publication Code:
TR033
Price:
$32.00
This report describes results from industrial tree plantation research trials at Teluk Sirih on Pulau Laut, Kalimantan Selatan, Indonesia, where the performance of several eucalypts and acacia species was measured under a range of treatments on land made unproductive by colonisation of Imperata grass (Imperata cylindrica)
Styrax tonkinenis: taxonomy, ecology, silviculture and uses
Publication Code:
TR031
Price:
$17.00
Styrax tonkinensis is a fast growing tropical species that occurs naturally in the forests of northern Laos and Vietnam, but is also cultivated in plantations
Hybridisation techniques for acacias
Publication Code:
TR020
OUT OF PRINT Manipulation of the genetic composition of a plant via crossing and selection offers the opportunity for improvements in both yield and quality
Bringing trees back in the Philippines
Publication Code:
RN24
Reforestation is recognised as an urgent need in the Philippines following the clearing of most of the native forest cover
Native forest management in Papua New Guinea: advances in assessment, modelling and decision-making
Publication Code:
PR135
Price:
$60.00
This report reviews the historical context of forest management and the recent focus on tropical forest-based climate-change mitigation in PNG, and identifies challenges and priorities. Advances in the assessment of timber, carbon stocks and biodiversity, as well as in the quantitative understanding of forests through modelling, are described in order to provide a scientific basis for forest-management decision-making at both the community and the government level.
Integrated rural development in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Publication Code:
PR126
Price:
$45.00
These proceedings report on an international workshop held in Kupang, in April 2006, to identify opportunities and constraints to improving livelihoods in East Nusa Tenggara using an integrated rural development approach, and to discuss directions for future activities.
Heart rot and root rot in tropical Acacia plantations
Publication Code:
PR124
Price:
$25.00
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Fast-growing hardwood plantations are increasingly important to the economies of many countries around the Pacific rim. However fungal heart rot and root rot are impacting on the industry.
Improving yield and economic viability of peanut production in Papua New Guinea and Australia
Publication Code:
PR122
Price:
$40.00
Peanuts are an important cash crop for many smallholder farmers in Papua New Guinea.
Eucalypts in Asia
Publication Code:
PR111
Price:
$30.00
Papers presented at an international workshop in China, April 2003 examine the role of eucalypt species in Asia
Wood-cement composites in the Asia-Pacific region
Publication Code:
PR107
Price:
$20.00
This proceedings covers the papers presented at the 5th Pacific Rim Bio-based Composites Symposium that was held in Canberra, Australia on 10 December 2000
Hypsipyla shoot borers in meliaceae
Publication Code:
PR097
Price:
$25.00
Damage from shoot borers of the genus Hypsipyla Ragonot present the greatest deterrent to the establishment and cultivation of the high value timber species belonging to the family Meliaceae, including species of Swietenia, Khaya, Toona and Cedrela
Fire and sustainable agricultural and forestry development in eastern Indonesia and northern Australia
Publication Code:
PR091
Price:
$23.00
Over the past decade or so there has been growing recognition of the impacts of biomass burning in the wet forests of Indonesia
Sandalwood and its products
Publication Code:
PR084
Price:
$20.00
These proceedings are a record of the papers presented at an international seminar held at Bangalore, India, 18-20 December 1997
Recent developments in acacia planting
Publication Code:
PR082
Recent developments in acacia planting. Proceedings of an international workshop held in Hanoi, Vietnam, 27-30 October 1997. ACIAR Proceedings No. 82.
Mycorrhizas for plantation forestry in Asia
Publication Code:
PR062
Price:
$25.00
Mycorrhizal associations are an integral part of natural and managed forests
Australian tree species research in China
Publication Code:
PR048
Price:
$25.00
ACIAR has supported collaborative forestry research between China and Australia since 1985
Breeding technologies for tropical acacias
Publication Code:
PR037
Price:
$20.00
Fast-growing acacias are being used to reforest degraded grasslands and cutover rainforest in the humid tropics
Advances in tropical acacia research
Publication Code:
PR035
OUT OF STOCK Australian acacias have received attention in recent years because they are proving suitable for reforestation projects in the tropics
Tropical tree seed research
Publication Code:
PR028
Price:
$20.00
These proceedings from a workshop of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) focus on the seed problems of multipurpose trees
