. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. January - June 1956 31. Fig. 1—.4 view of the nursery at the end of the first season. The Three Province Plan It was decided by the Mission and several Ministries of the Chilean government to con- centrate a large part of the technical coopera- tion work in the three provinces of Maule, Nuble, and Concepcion, where agriculture has not kept pace with the industrial expansion of the city of Concepcion. The forestry work within this area consists of the establishment of a central n
. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. January - June 1956 31. Fig. 1—.4 view of the nursery at the end of the first season. The Three Province Plan It was decided by the Mission and several Ministries of the Chilean government to con- centrate a large part of the technical coopera- tion work in the three provinces of Maule, Nuble, and Concepcion, where agriculture has not kept pace with the industrial expansion of the city of Concepcion. The forestry work within this area consists of the establishment of a central nursery, demonstration reforesta- tion projects on badly-eroded lands, the in- troduction of new species, dune control, and extension work in planting, pruning, thinning, and management. Most of this activity is car- ried out as a forestry phase of the soil conser- vation program; some work is done in collabo- ration with the forestry department of the Ministry of Lands and Colonization. It is estimated that 40 percent of the three provinces of the development area, called locally the Plan Chilian, will be classified as forest lands. The total area is million acres with 350,000 acres already in planta- tions and millions acres that should be planted. Only a small percentage of the land is covered with virgin forest or any second- growth of consequence. The area that should be planted is very badly eroded. Some of it is so bad that it is doubtful if successful plan- tations can be established; most of it is no good for any other use. Plan Chilian Nursery When it was realized that nearly one- third of the area included in the Plan needed to be reforested, the establishment of a nurse- ry to furnish the plants was given priority. All the work of site preparation and seeding was done by hand or with animals and the first seeds were sown on September 17, 1953. The production was million plants during the 1953-54 season and 6 million in Please note that these i
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