Mass Vegetative Propagation of Dipterocarp Species
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Dipterocarp species constitute about 70% of the commercial stock in the tropical forest of South Asia, which used to be the mainstay of the timber industry in the region. Dipterocarp wood made up 25% of the world trade in harwood until the end of the logging boom in the 1970s, and now the fragile ecosystem of the dipterocarp forest has been disturbed and their very existence has been threatened. It is of extreme urgency, therefore, to adopt sustainable measures to conserve, restore and enrich th e dipterocarp forest to make it more viable for economic and ecological considerations.