Establishment costs

• Subject: Establishment costs
• From: dsouth@forestry.auburn.edu (David South)
• Date: Wed, 24 May 95 09:52:16 CDT
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Dear netters:

I would like to thank the following individuals 
who were the only ones to supply me with costs and MAI data used
in the following table.


Ted Bilek       (New Zealand)
Anneli Jalkanen (Finland)
Ken McNabb      (Brazil) 


Table x.  
Approximate costs of establishing tree plantations 
(adapted from Winjum and Schroeder 1991) 

Country	   Afforestation
                     Cost/ha 	MAI 
                       ($US)   (m3/ha/yr)
Southern U.S.	yes	270	11
Southern U.S.	no	370	9
South Africa	yes	370	15
New Zealand 	yes	490	20
Brazil 	        yes	600	23
India 	        yes	800	30
Finland	        no	900	3
Canada 	        no	1000	6
United Kingdom	yes	1100	14
Tasmania	no	1280	14
Congo 	        yes	1400	30
Western U.S. 	no	1730	14



If others have different data or data from other countries,
please drop me a note with the cost, species, and MAI.

Thanks again for those who supplied updated data.










David South
School of Forestry
Auburn University, AL  36849-5418

dsouth@forestry.auburn.edu

334-844-1022
334-844-1084 (FAX)

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