Plantation Forests – Unravelling the Realities in Sabah

This book provides a detailed narration of the plantation sector in Sabah, Malaysia. It covers the industrial overview, plantation establishment, its management and the economics of forest plantation. The properties of the wood and wood products from the different plantation timber is also covered. This book also provides and insight into the value addition processes that expands the potential use of these plantation timbers. Finally, highlights from the success stories with the plantation forests sector in Sabah is also presented. With a complete coverage of the plantation forests from different perspectives, this book should be useful for students, academics, industry players and policy-makers who are interested in plantation forests in one way or another.