AUSTRALIAN FORESTERS in PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1922-1975
PNGAF MAGAZINE ISSUE # 9D4D of 15th March 2022 THE DEVELOPMENT OF PNG’s FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A history of plantation development globally, especially in tropical rainforest areas as pertinent to PNG’s forest tree plantation development. PNGAF MAG 94D. Global Timeline of Forest Tree Plantation Development. Editor R B McCarthy1 2022. 4000 BC
Mediterranean lands. Olives (Olea europea) selection and planting across Mediterranean lands. Edible fig (Ficus carica) cultivated across Mediterranean lands.
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The oldest record of oil palm use date from 3,000 BC when in the late 1800s archaeologists discovered several kegs of palm oil in a tomb located in Abydos, Egypt. It is believed that Arab traders had brought the oil to Egypt. Asia. Chinese cultivating fruit trees. (Valder 1999)
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Mediterranean lands. Myrrh trees (Commiphora myrrah) introduced into Egypt from Somalia as a source of perfume Asia. Chinese Chou Empire the Emperor established a forest service with responsibility of preserving natural forests and reforesting denuded land Asia. Chinese Sung Dynasty direct planting of tree seeds for reforestation practised and public lands reforested by farmers became the property of the farmer. Monographs prepared describing methods of planting and protection of the tung tree (Aleurites spp.), bamboos and other woody species. (Wang 1988). Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata), which today forms millions of hectares of planted forest in central and southern China, has a cultivation history of over 1000 years. Asia. Sri Lanka Sinhalese King Vijaya village communities planted home gardens with flowering and fruit bearing trees Asia. Chinese Han and Tang Dynasties encouraged people to plant trees important for both food and timber production. Olives, Walnuts, almonds moved from Middle East and western Asia into China. Mediterranean lands. Cato records planting of willows (Salix spp.), poplars (Populus spp.) and a conifer for ship timbers. Asia. Sri Lanka King Dutugemunu forest plantations raised and rules for forest protection and use of forest products promulgated Asia. Korea Shilla Kingdom trees planted around king’s tombs, in royal gardens, along roadsides, as shelterbelts, along rivers and coastlines for erosion control. Mediterranean lands. Trees of frankincense (Boswellia spp.) and myrrh plantings in Southern Arabia. Aristotle establishing probably the first arboretum in Greece The apple (Malus pumila) cultivated by Greeks and Romans before it was spread throughout Europe and Asia because of their travels and military conquests. The Romans introduced the edible nut bearing sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) into GB. According to legend, the coffee plant was discovered in Ethiopia by a goat herder named Kaldi who observed increased activity in his goats after they consumed coffee beans. The first coffee plant was found in the mountains of Yemen. The genus Coffea) is of about 125 species of flowering plants of the family Rubiaceae, mostly native to tropical Africa. Two species are of major economic importance as the source of coffee. Coffee beans first exported out of Ethiopia to Yemen by Somali Merchants, then exported to the rest of the World through the port of Mocha, Yemen. Sufi monasteries in Yemen employed coffee as an aid to concentration during prayers. It soon spread to Mecca and Medina. Coffee reached the rest of the Middle East, South India, Persia, Turkey, India, Northern Africa. Coffee then spread to the Balkans, Italy, rest of Europe and Southeast Asia. 1600 Coffee first cultivated in India (Chikmagalur0 Voyages of discovery by Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Magellan, and other European navigators provided new opportunities for the transfer of tree germplasm between distant countries. E.g., tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) and swamp cypress (Taxodium distichum) were early introductions from USA to Europe.
Dick McCarthy District Forester TPNG 1963-1975.
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