Energy Plantations in the Republic of the Philippines

Patrick B. Durst

doi:10.2737/SE-RP-265

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Energy Plantations in the Republic of the Philippines

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Patrick B. Durst

Year:

1987

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SE-RP-265

Source:

Res. Pap. SE-265. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 22 p.

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Abstract

Development and management of plantations to support wood-energy programs have been aggressively promoted in the Philippines since 1979. Over 60,000 hectarees of energy plantations have been platned under government-supported programs. This paper documents the problems and accomplishments of these programs and describes plantation establishment, maintenance, protection, growth and yield, harvesting, and wood transport. Research priorities for improving energy farm operations are also suggested.

Keywords

Electricity generation, establishment, growth and yield, harvesting, transport, economics

Citation

Durst, Patrick B. 1987. Energy Plantations in the Republic of the Philippines. Res. Pap. SE-265. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 22 p.