ETFRN NEWS 37: Forest Use and Soil Quality

ETFRN-News is a publication of the European Tropical Forest Research Network that appears three times a year:
Editor: Willemine Brinkman
Guest Editor: Gerhard Glatzel
Editorial assistance: Jacqui McGrath

CONTENTS

• Editorial
• ETFRN and EC News
• Organisations - Programmes
  • How forest plantations affect the soil
  • Dung or forest biomass as fuel - even plantation trees with a bad reputation help conserve soil fertility
  • Mixed species plantations of eucalyptus and acacia: growth, nutrition and soil changes
  • Influence of poplar short-rotation coppice on some soil properties
  • The effect of exotic tree plantations in northern Thailand on soil properties
  • The carbon cycling in the eucalypt plantations in Congo
  • The impact of tropical industrial tree plantations on site nutrient status, site productivity and economic profitability
  • The long term memory of soils - how Amazonian dark earths reflect past land use
  • Mangroves in the red river estuary in Vietnam: a sink or source of nutrients?
• Research Cooperation Sought
• Internet Features
• Funding / Opportunities
• Other News
• Publications
• Job Opportunities

Cover illustration: Fishery in the mangroves of the Red River Estuary in Vietnam, photograph provided by Henk Wösten.

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