Forestry

TR68 Economic potential of land-use change and forestry for carbon sequestration and poverty reduction
A report on the potential for smallholders in developing countries to be involved in sequestering carbon in agroforestry systems.

TR64 Towards improving profitability of teak in integrated smallholder farming systems in northern Laos
Occurring naturally in Laos, teak is one of the world's finest timbers.

TR63 Controlled pollination methods for Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
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.

TR58 Evaluation of International Provenance Trials of Casuarina equisetifolia
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

TR57 Trials of Cold-tolerant Eucalypt Species in Cooler Regions of South Central China
Eucalypts are of considerable economic, social and environmental importance in southern China

TR51 Heartrots in Plantation Hardwoods in Indonesia and Australia
Detection and identification of the causal fungi of heartrot disease is fundamental to effective disease management strategies for heartrot pathogens in tree plantations

TR49 Chukrasia: Biology, Cultivation and Utilisation
This technical report on Chukrasia has been prepared as part of ACIAR forestry project FST/1996/005

TR34 Techniques for Pollinating Eucalypts
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

TR33 Afforestation of Imperata Grasslands in Indonesia and Australia
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)

TR31 Styrax tonkinenis: taxonomy, ecology, silviculture and uses
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

TR20 Hybridisation Techniques for Acacias
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

TR002 Research planning and management for foresters
Training Manual.

RN24 Bringing trees back in the Philippines
Reforestation is recognised as an urgent need in the Philippines following the clearing of most of the native forest cover

PR126 Integrated rural development in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
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.

PR124 Heart rot and root rot in tropical Acacia plantations
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.

PR122 Improving yield and economic viability of peanut production in Papua New Guinea and Australia
Peanuts are an important cash crop for many smallholder farmers in Papua New Guinea.

PR111 Eucalypts in Asia
Papers presented at an international workshop in China, April 2003 examine the role of eucalypt species in Asia

PR107 Wood-Cement Composites in the Asia-Pacific Region
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

PR097 Hypsipyla Shoot Borers in Meliaceae
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

PR091 Fire and sustainable agricultural and forestry development in eastern Indonesia and northern Australia
Over the past decade or so there has been growing recognition of the impacts of biomass burning in the wet forests of Indonesia

PR084 Sandalwood and its Products
These proceedings are a record of the papers presented at an international seminar held at Bangalore, India, 18-20 December 1997

PR063 Matching Trees and Sites
Considerable progress has been made during the last three years in developing databases and analytical methods to answer the questions: What tree will grow where and how well will it grow? These proceedings present the results from a workshop held in Bangkok in April 1995

PR062 Mycorrhizas for Plantation Forestry in Asia
Mycorrhizal associations are an integral part of natural and managed forests

PR048 Australian Tree Species Research in China
ACIAR has supported collaborative forestry research between China and Australia since 1985

PR037 Breeding Technologies for Tropical Acacias
Fast-growing acacias are being used to reforest degraded grasslands and cutover rainforest in the humid tropics

PR035 Advances in Tropical Acacia Research
Australian acacias have received attention in recent years because they are proving suitable for reforestation projects in the tropics

PR028 Tropical Tree Seed Research
These proceedings from a workshop of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO) focus on the seed problems of multipurpose trees

MN115 Nitrogen Fixation in Acacias
Over the past two decades scientists have learnt a great deal about acacias and their symbiotic micro-organisms and the development of methods to exploit efficient symbioses

MN098 Domestication of Chukrasia
ACIAR has supported a project that helps develop domestication strategies for commercially important indigenous tree species in Southeast Asia

MN085 Fruits of Oceania
This book covers the woody species, which cultivated or wild, produce the great majority of fleshy and non-fleshy fruits of the Pacific.