Global Forestry

Fee Lands Suitable for Plantations

The Country

Uruguay is a small country, smaller than the state of Oregon, or about the size of Cambodia, located on the east coast of South America between the two South American giants, Brazil and Argentina. The population is 3.5...

The Country

New Zealand is one of the economic tigers of forestry development and wood products for the world market. It is a small country of 66 million acres (26.7 million hectares), slightly larger than the United Kingdom, 4.3 million...

Plantations on Concession Lands

Australia's timber industry has historically been based on the native eucalyptus forests. In recent decades, plantations have tended to expand slowly until relatively recently. The last 10 years has seen a 51% increase in plantation area,...

Introduction

Colombian forestry has enormous development potential, for the creation of wealth and employment - in effect, five hectares of timberland generate employment directly for one person and indirectly for several more. Colombia...