The processing of rotan, a minor forest product from the tropical rain forest

TitleThe processing of rotan, a minor forest product from the tropical rain forest
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication1979
AuthorsSimatupang, HM
Secondary TitlePaper prepared for Eighth World Forestry Congress - Forests for People, October 1978, Jakarta, Indonesia
Series TitleMitteilungen der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft Reinbek bei Hamburg, no. 124
Pagination158-178
Date PublishedOctober 1978
PublisherKommissionsverlag Buchh. Max Wiedebusch
Conference LocationHamburg-Reinbek
LanguageEnglish, German
Keywordsrainforests; rotan; shifting cultivation
Abstract

This is one page from an incomplete paper. It includes research about the cultivation of rotan. It talks of ladang shifting) cultivation and how it can become secondary jungle because other forms of forest are not useful. Sega rotan (Calamis caesius) should be planted at certain intervals and from east to west. The rest of the page tells how the fertilization process proceeds and how they attend to the growth and care of the plants.

Notes

World Forestry Congress, Jakarta, Indonesia Hamburg-Reinbek Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products Jan 1979. 2pp.

URLhttp://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13455115
Conference Name

Eighth World Forestry Congress, Jakarta

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