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Summary Of: PlantationsPlantations and natural forest loss... Industrial plantations are established to produce a high volume of wood in a short period of time... Plantations are grown by state forestry authorities... plantations have replaced the natural forest... Industrial plantations are actively managed for the commercial production of forest products... Industrial plantations are usually large... while plantations accounted for 5 percent of global forest... plantations are typically grown as even... Plantations are usually monocultures... Plantations may include tree species that would not naturally occur in the area... Since the primary interest in plantations is to produce... the types of trees found in plantations are those that are best... Plantations are always young forests in ecological terms... trees grown in plantations are harvested after 10 to 60 years... This means that the forests produced by plantations do not contain the type of growth... These types of plantations are sometimes called fast... wood plantations or fiber farms and often managed on a short... 4 million hectares of pulpwood plantations in Indonesia have been established on what was formerly natural forest land... The replacement of natural forest with tree plantations has also caused social problems... Plantations established purely for the production of fiber provide a much narrower range of services than... smaller plantations are owned by local farmers who then sell the wood to larger companies... yield plantations and are running an anti... Farm or home plantations are typically established for the production of timber and fire wood for home use and... Such plantations are established to foster native species and promote forest regeneration on degraded lands as a... Plantations harvested on longer rotation periods... Plantations and natural forest loss... Plantations and natural forest loss... Many forestry experts claim that the establishment of plantations will reduce or eliminate the need to exploit natural forest for wood production... true because due to the high productivity of plantations less land is needed... plantations are replacing natural forest... of plantations in tropical countries are established on closed canopy natural forest... Sugar plantations in the Caribbean... Sugar plantations in the Caribbean... Sugar plantations were highly valued in the Caribbean by the British and French colonists in the 16th... Sugar plantations also arose in countries such as Barbados and Cuba because of the natural endowments that... These sugar plantations dragged down an economy in the long run as sugar plantations allowed for inequality and... These sugar plantations allowed for there to be a small elite ruling class to have all the power... plantations exploiting tens of millions of abducted Africans... plantations were centered on a... Using forest plantations to spare natural forests...Encyclodia Page On: Plantations |
