Journey in Eucalyptus country - by Charles Darwin

The Voyage of the Beagle: Wanderings of Charles Darwin in Australia

Or... Happy Darwin Year... from Eucalyptus country!

Charles Darwin and Eucalyptus / Excerpts from The Voyage of the Beagle / Charles Darwin y los eucaliptos / Extractos del Viaje del Beagle / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Asociados / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


January 12th-15th, 1836

"Early in the morning a light air carried us towards the entrance of Port Jackson (...) At last we anchored within Sydney Cove (...) My first feeling was to congratulate myself that I was born an Englishman"


Sydney Harbor, Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia / Puerto de Sydney, Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Asociados / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


"I hired a man and two horses to take me to Bathurst, a village about one hundred and twenty miles in the interior, and the centre of a great pastoral district (...) Everywhere we have an open woodland"


Eucalyptus Open Woodland / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Asociados / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


"The trees nearly all belong to one family, and mostly have their leaves placed in a vertical, instead of as in Europe, in a nearly horizontal position: the foliage is scanty, and of a peculiar pale green tint, without any gloss. Hence the woods appear light and shadowless: this, although a loss of comfort to the traveller under the scorching rays of summer, is of importance to the farmer, as it allows grass to grow where it otherwise would not (...)"


" The greater number of the trees, with the exception of some of the Blue-gums, do not attain a large size; but they grow tall and tolerably straight, and stand well apart. The bark of some of the Eucalypti falls annually, or hangs dead in long shreds which swing about with the wind (...) I cannot imagine a more complete contrast, in every respect, than between the forests of Valdivia or Chiloe, and the woods of Australia"


January 17-19th, 1836


"Early in the morning we passed the Nepean in a ferry-boat (...) Having crossed a low piece of land on the opposite side, we reached the slope of the Blue Mountains"


The Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia / Montañas Azules, Sydney, Nueva Gales del Sur, Australia / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Asociados / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


"On the summit an almost level plain extends, which, rising imperceptibly to the westward, at last attains a height of more than 3000 feet (...) the view of the extensive woodland to the east was striking, and the surrounding trees grew bold and lofty (...) each side of the road is bordered by scrubby trees of the never-failing Eucalyptus family (...) Mr. Archer, the joint superintendent, had the kindness to take me out kangaroo-hunting (...) The woodland is generally so open that a person on horseback can gallop through it. It is traversed by a few flat-bottomed valleys, which are green and free from trees: in such spots the scenery was pretty like that of a park"


January 30th - February 6th, 1836


"The Beagle sailed for Hobart Town in Van Diemen's Land. On the 5th of February, after a six days' passage, of which the first part was fine, and the latter very cold and squally, we entered the mouth of Storm Bay: the weather justified this awful name. (...) The climate here is damper than in New South Wales, and hence the land is more fertile"


Mount Wellington, Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land, Tasmania, Australia / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Asociados / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


"I ascended Mount Wellington; I took with me a guide, for I failed in a first attempt, from the thickness of the wood. Our guide (...) conducted us to the southern and damp side of the mountain, where the vegetation was very luxuriant; and where the labour of the ascent, from the number of rotten trunks, was almost as great as on a mountain in Tierra del Fuego or in Chiloe. It cost us five and a half hours of hard climbing before we reached the summit."


Tasmanian Snow Gum, Mount Wellington Peppermint, Eucalyptus coccifera Botanical Plate / Lamina Botanica Eucalyptus coccifera, fotografía Mark Hanna, texto Dean Nicolle / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Asociados / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Mount Wellington's Peppermint - Eucalyptus coccifera, the Tasmanian Snow Gum. Plate photography courtesy Mark Hanna. Plate botanical commentary courtesy Dean Nicolle. (Click image to enlarge)


"In many parts the Eucalypti grew to a great size, and composed a noble forest. In some of the dampest ravines, tree ferns flourished in an extraordinary manner; I saw one which must have been at least twenty feet high to the base of the fronds, and was in girth exactly six feet. The fronds forming the most elegant parasols, produced a gloomy shade, like that of the first hour of the night.


Mount Wellington, Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land, Tasmania, Australia / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Asociados / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


"The summit of the mountain is broad and flat, and is composed of huge angular masses of naked greenstone. Its elevation is 3100 feet above the level of the sea. The day was splendidly clear, and we enjoyed a most extensive view; to the north, the country appeared a mass of wooded mountains, of about the same height with that on which we were standing, and with an equally tame outline: to the south the broken land and water, forming many intricate bays, was mapped with clearness before us. After staying some hours on the summit, we found a better way to descend, but did not reach the Beagle till eight o'clock, after a severe day's work."


February 7th-March 12th, 1836


"The Beagle sailed from Tasmania, and, on the 6th of the ensuing month, reached King George's Sound, situated close to the S. W. corner of Australia"


King Georges Sound, Albany, Western Australia Australia / Ensenada del Rey Jorge, Albany, Australia Occidental / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Asociados / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


"The scenery resembled that of the high sandstone platform of the Blue Mountains; the Casuarina (a tree somewhat resembling a Scotch fir) is, however, here in greater number, and the Eucalyptus in rather less. In the open parts there were many grass-trees, a plant which, in appearance, has some affinity with the palm; but, instead of being surmounted by a crown of noble fronds it can boast merely of a tuft of very coarse grass-like leaves. The general bright green colour of the brushwood and other plants, viewed from a distance, seemed to promise fertility"


March 14th, 1836


"(...) Farewell, Australia! you are a rising child, and doubtless some day will reign a great princess in the South (...)"


Charles Darwin (1839). The voyage of the Beagle. Chapter XIX: Australia.


Editor's Notes


The written accounts of Charles Darwin [1809-1882] and his exploration travel around the world must be understood, beyond the importance of his figure for the evolution of scientific knowledge, as also the product of an educated young man of his time. He was 22 years old when joining the staff of HMS Beagle as naturalist.

By the time of his visit to Australia, the new settlements had not yet got rid of its perceived status as a penal colony, and his views on social and cultural elements of each visited area might shock current readers. We recommend reading the full versions, and we take cover for our "excerpted edition" highlighting Australia and its eucalypts under the umbrella of "Editore, traitore"!


Acknowledgements


To the volunteers and contributors to Project Gutenberg, for delivering the old works to the new digital worlds. To Mark Hanna at TasBushBlog, for kindly letting us use photographs from his naturalistic wanderings around Mount Welllington Peppermints in the land of Van Diemen. To Dean Nicolle at Currency Creek Arboretum for following the footprints of Eucalyptus botanists and contributing to understand better their taxonomy and evolutive path. And, of course, to Charles Darwin, who would very possibly be amused of the evolution of information resources in the last century.



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Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 21 - by Celso Foelkel

Eucalyptus Online Book and Newsletter, June 2009, by Celso Foelkel / Eucalyptus Wisdom from Brazil / Boletín Online Eucalipto, Junio 2009, por Celso Foelkel / Sabiduría eucalíptica desde Brasil

by Celso Foelkel


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Just two years ago we placed a small seed in the digital world, well hidden in the blogosphere forest. And after some careful nurturing, EUCALYPTOLOGICS, the weblog providing information resources on sustainable Eucalyptus cultivation around the world... is now a nicely growing seedling!

As of May 2009, we have reached +125 countries and +3500 cities (more than doubling Eucalyptologics first year reach) around the world.

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Top 15 Stories at Eucalyptologics (Year 2: 2008-2009)

1) Eucalyptus Cultivation Global Map 2008

Eucalyptus cultivated forests worldwide map 2008 / Eucalyptus cultivation map 2008 / Eucalypt forests in the world / Mapa de plantaciones de eucalipto en el mundo 2008 / Mapa de cultivo de eucalipto en el mundo / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado y Dennis Wilstermann / GIT Forestry Consulting - Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics - Information Resources on Eucalyptus Cultivation Around the World - Recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Eucalyptus universalis: Cultivated Eucalypt Forests Global Map 2008

2) By their fruits ye shall know em: Eucalyptus species identification

Eucalyptus Identification, example of sample collection for species determination / Identificación de eucaliptos, ejemplo de recolecta de muestras para determinación botánica de la especie / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Tips & Tricks for Botanical Sampling and Eucalyptus Species Identification

3) Pruning ornamental eucalypts: Eucalyptus gunnii example

Pruning, Pollarding,Clipping Eucalyptus gunnii / Cider Gum / Cold Hardy Ornamental Eucalyptus for gardens in temperate climates / Poda y talla de eucalipto gunnii / Eucalipto de la sidra / Eucalipto ornamental resistente a la helada para jardinería en climas templados / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Sculpting ornamental Eucalyptus in a temperate Galician garden

4) Eucalyptus: the Giants of Spain and Portugal

Giant Eucalyptus trees in Spain and Portugal: Karri Knight & Grandpa / Eucaliptos gigantes de España y Portugal: Caballero Karri & El Abuelo de Chavín / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Discover the Karri Knight and Grandpa, giant eucalypts in Iberia

5) Growing Eucalyptus from Seed: the Devil is in the details

Cold hardy Eucalyptus forestry seedling nurseries in Galicia / Viveros de planta de eucalipto resistente a la helada en Galicia // Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano // GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Tips & Tricks for successful Eucalyptus seedling raising at nursery

6) 100% Eucalyptus timber built home in Galicia (NW Spain)

Eucalyptus globulus timber uses catalogue: wood flooring, windows, wall panels, structural elements and furniture made in Galicia (Spain) / Catálogo de Parquet, ventanas, paneles, vigas y elementos estructurales y muebles fabricados con madera de Eucalipto Blanco (Eucalyptus globulus) en Galicia (España) / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Plus a catalogue of architectural, decorative and furniture uses of Eucalyptus globulus wood

7) Centurion: World's Tallest Eucalyptus tree found

Centurion, world tallest Eucalyptus found in Tasmania / Centurion, el eucalipto mas alto del mundo descubierto en Tasmania / Giant Eucalyptus regnans / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Tallest Eucalyptus discovered in Tasmania: E. regnans

8) The Fallen Forests: Legacy of Storm Klaus (Jan 2009) over Eucalyptus, Pines and Poplars of South Western Europe

Storm Klaus damages the largest Eucalyptus Forest in Europe at Galicia, Spain / La tormenta Klaus arrasa el bosque de eucalipto más grande de Europa en Galicia, España / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Gone with the wind...

9) Global Timber Resource Maps: Eucalyptus globulus

Eucalyptus globulus cultivated forests worldwide / Eucalyptus globulus cultivation map / Tasmanian Blue Gum forests in the world / Mapa de plantaciones de Eucalipto globulus en el mundo / Mapa de cultivo de Eucalipto globulus en el mundo / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Tasmanian Blue Gum Cultivated Forests Worldwide

10) Storm Klaus wipes out Eucalypt & Pine forests in Spain & France

Storm Klaus damages the largest Eucalyptus Forest in Europe at Galicia, Spain / La tormenta Klaus arrasa el bosque de eucalipto más grande de Europa en Galicia, España / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Largest Eucalyptus & Pinus cultivated forests in Europe blown down?

11) Tallest tree in Africa climbed. You guessed... Eucalyptus!

Climbing the tallest trees in Africa: Twin Giants of Magoebaskloof, Giant Eucalyptus saligna at Woodbush Forest Reserve & Benvie Giant, Eucalyptus regnans at Benvie Farm Arboretum, South Africa / Escalando el arbol mas alto de Africa: Los Gigantes Gemelos de Magoebaskloof, Eucaliptos saligna gigantes en la Reserva Forestal de Woodbush & Gigante de Benvie, Eucalipto regnans en el Arboreto de Benvie, Sudáfica/ by Izak van der Merwe / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Eucalyptus saligna & Eucalyptus regnans: Giants of South Africa

12) Eucalyptus Bonsai: grow them indoors

Eucalyptus Bonsai: a rewarding way to grow Australian trees indoors / Bonsai de eucalipto: un método satisfactorio de cultivo de árboles australianos en interior / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics: Information Resources on Eucalyptus Cultivation Worldwide / Eucaliptologics: Recursos de Informacion sobre el Cultivo del Eucalipto en el Mundo

Did you know Eucalyptus Bonsai growing was possible?

13) Eucalyptus flowers: E. pauciflora in bloom

Eucalyptus pauciflora flowers bloom in the Highlands of Galicia, Spain / Snow Gum / Flores de Eucalipto de las Nieves en Galicia, España / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo

Snow Gums: cold hardy Eucalyptus from Alpine Australia. Notes on taxonomy and cultivation in cold temperate climates.

14) Eucalyptus International: Global Plants

Eucalyptus International, Global Plants / Eucaliptos Internacionales: Plantas Globales / Eucalyptus in Saudi Arabia: species trial / Eucalyptologics, on Sustainable Eucalyptus cultivation / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado, Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro, Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics: Recursos de Informacion sobre Cultivo Sostenible del Eucalipto en el Mundo

Photo Gallery depicting eucalypt cultivation in many countries around the world

15) Container Grown Ornamental Eucalyptus: Add an Australian Touch to Your Garden

Cold hardy ornamental Eucalyptus nursery in Galicia / Vivero de planta ornamental de eucalipto resistente a la helada en Galicia / Planta Forestal / Planta Ornamental / Eucalipto Jardin / Eucalipto bonsai / Eucalipto nitens / Eucalipto Brillante / Eucalipto globulus / Eucalyptus bonsai / Eucalyptus garden / Eucalyptus Blue Silver / Eucalyptus gunnii / Eucalyptus gunni / Eucalipto guni / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Lugo, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics: Information Resources on Eucalyptus Cultivation Worldwide / Eucaliptologics: Recursos de Informacion sobre el Cultivo del Eucalipto en el Mundo

Ornamental Eucalyptus: a specialised Plant Nursery Production



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Eucalyptus Newsletter nº 20 - by Celso Foelkel

Eucalyptus Online Book and Newsletter, April 2009, by Celso Foelkel / Eucalyptus Wisdom from Brazil / Boletín Online Eucalipto, Abril 2009, por Celso Foelkel / Sabiduría eucalíptica desde Brasil

by Celso Foelkel


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Cold hardy Eucalyptus forestry in Galicia (III): when spring comes...

Eucalypts at Full Gallop!

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As we leave behind the last pieces of the cold and dark season and we approach the next summer solstice, the available energy from longer photoperiods finds plenty of building materials in abundant soil water reservoirs resulting from a rainy winter. Impulsed by increasingly mild temperature trends our local eucalypt plantations in Galicia are forced to stretch their muscles and start increasing their growth rhythm from a "slow pace" to a"full gallop".

Eucalyptus nitens timber crops in Lugo, Galicia, Spain / Cultivos de eucalipto nitens en Lugo, Galicia, España / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado & Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo
Fig. 1: Example of a unpruned unthinned high site index cold hardy Eucalyptus nitens plantation growing on ex-agricultural deep acidic soils. Balanced fertility enhances rapid growth and a pasture understorey is well kept by intensive grazing [*]. Note the tall and slender crowns, and the large amount of discarded dead branches along the trunk. (Click image to enlarge)

Depending on tree age and planting design, and depending on the silvicultural strategy followed, this full gallop will mean either fast growth in height as each tree builds new food factories (also known as leaves) to replace the "obsolete" (less efficient due to shading, which impairs photosynthesis) ones in a fierce race to the sky... or a more gradual filling up of larger available spaces, building wider live crowns and increasing their girth.

Variations on the first case are the common ones to implement simple management strategies, and the most suitable to try to maximise tonnage per cultivated surface unit. Hence, the classical production process for pulpwood, or, these days, biomass crops (energy crops).


Plantation Eucalypts for High Value Timber 2007 Conference, a Woollybutt Initiative / Conferencia Plantaciones de Eucalipto para Madera de Alto Valor 2007, una iniciativa de Woollybutt / Jon Lambert / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado & Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundoFig 2: Eucalyptus polyculture: pasture plus pruned and thinned trees producing high value logs following a multi-product agroforestry management regime. Note the pruned basal logs, wider spacing obtained through thinning, and larger alive crowns. (Click image to enlarge)

The second case, less common as it involves a bit more (but not that much!!) complex production processes, tries to maximise value produced per surface unit. It can allow the combined production of more than one timber types (logs "designed" to feed different industrial lines), including high value logs for select market niches, and it is largely compatible from early stages of the production cycle with other productive (hence, value generating) uses for understorey. A sensible agroforestry approach that can help optimise land resource uses for some afforestation scenarios.


No choice of these is better or worse. Each one of them can be technically and financially viable and each one is able to yield commercial primary products, generating a profit for the timber investor, and generating added value up the different timber industrial chains. What can be variable is the macro and microeconomics of these different approaches, and its attractiveness for investors depending on their profile. The main point is being able to allocate these alternatives in the right places, according to the preferences of investors and the constraints and advantages each particular area can offer. Regardless of where, if suitable, the more diverse production, the lower risks of financial dependence on commodity markets. Regardless of the choice, meanwhile, the trees will keep growing... at full gallop!


Also in Eucalyptologics...


Cold hardy Eucalyptus nitens plantation as source of information on silviculture, wood properties, tree genetics and stand dynamics / Plantacion de eucalipto nitens resistente a la helada como fuente de informacion sobre silvicultura, propiedades de la madera, genetica forestal y modelos de crecimiento / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado & Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


Cold hardy Eucalyptus nitens & Eucalyptus globulus frost damage assessment methodology by GIT / Método GIT para evaluacion de daños por helada a Eucalyptus nitens, Eucalyptus globulus y otras especies de eucalipto resistentes al frio / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado & Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


Snow in a 10 year old cold hardy Eucalyptus nitens cultivated forest at 800 m above sea level in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)/ Nieve en bosque cultivado de Eucalipto nitens (Eucalipto de las heladas, Eucalipto brillante) a 800 metros de altitud en Galicia (Noroeste de España) / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado & Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


Eucalyptus nitens coppice in Galicia, Spain / Rebrote de cepa en eucalipto nitens en Galicia, España / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado & Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo



Eucalyptus nitens flower buds blooming in Galicia, Spain / Shining Gum / Flores de Eucalipto nitens en Galicia, España / Eucalipto brillante / Gustavo Iglesias Trabado & Roberto Carballeira Tenreiro & Javier Folgueira Lozano / GIT Forestry Consulting, Consultoría y Servicios de Ingeniería Agroforestal, Galicia, España, Spain / Eucalyptologics, information resources on Eucalyptus cultivation around the world / Eucalyptologics, recursos de informacion sobre el cultivo del eucalipto en el mundo


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