Opportunities and Needs with Treatments for the Protection of Plantation Species
IRG/WP 08-40438
A F Preston
The future of the wood treating industry lies increasingly on the treatment of wood derived from plantation forests. Plantation softwoods and hardwoods both provide significant opportunity for utilization coupled with protection technologies, but development programs will require much more focus and funding than is currently available. Manufacturing and treating of products from plantation forests will be subject to much trade, as potential output from southern hemisphere forests is higher than from northern forests, while human populations are much higher in the northern hemisphere.