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Phillipines Forestry - Bukidnon Forests Inc
Authors: P.D. ClarkPublication: New Zealand Journal of Forestry, Volume N.Z.J.For. 1993, Issue N.Z.J.For. 38(1) 1993, pp 31-33, May 1993
Publisher: New Zealand Institute of Forestry
Abstract: Bukidnon Forests Incorporated manages a reforestation project of the Government of Philippines, assisted by New Zealand. The project has been allocated 25,000 hectares of denuded grasslands, of which 2500 hectares has been planted to date. Early opposition to the project has been replaced by widespread public support as success in reforestation becomes evident. Natural forest resources in the Philippines have disappeared at an alarming rate over the last 40 years, with little plantation forest established to meet the basic needs of the population for wood products. This project represents a serious attempt to address the need for regional nuclei forest estates, using large areas of degraded lands which have low agricultural value and low occupancy.