The National Forest Policy stipulates that one third geographic area of the country should be brought under forest/tree cover.

Plantation of these species can be raised annually only by collecting all available seed in years and sowing it in nursery to raise seedlings to be planted out in various years. Forest Nursery (1) A production unit that grows planting stock (seedlings and saplings) of forest trees and shrubs. NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT 3.1 Advantages of setting-up a nursery There are many advantages for setting-up nursery for forest tree species, some tree species produced very fine seeds, e.g. Through a series of workshops with the stakeholders including nursery operators, tree farmers, staff of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, local government units and the academe, a forestry seedling nursery accreditation policy was In addition, the market of the forest nursery stock has changed: nurserymen are requested to produce planting stock of high quality standards, of a wide variety of species, of native spe-cies and local provenances, and of broad-leaves rather than conifers. Importance of Forest Nursery: 1. Keeping the same in focus, the Approach Paper to the X Five Year Plan has targeted to bring 25 percent area under forest/tree cover by the end of the Tenth Plan period and 33 percent by the end of the Eleventh Plan period. There are forest, forest-improvement, and landscape nurseries. Some important species do not need seed every year. Eucalyptus spp.

NJ Forest Service Nursery NJ Forest Service 240 Main St. (Route 206 North) Andover, Sussex County (973) 786-5035 Round Valley Recreation Area 1220 Lebanon-Stanton Rd. 2. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) addresses the conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity through a comprehensive programme of work, adopted in 2002 and revised in 2008 (see page 39). forest biodiversity in a sustainable way, and with clear social and economic benefits for the poor, is the purpose of this guide.

(2) An area or place where forest seedlings are grown. and Melaleuca leucadendron, that is not possible to be sawn directly to the field. THE FOREST NURSERY: ITS CHARACTER AND OPERATIONS Ralph D. Nyland Distinguished Service Professor - Silviculture with contributed materials by Timothy A. Volk Senior Research Associate Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY 13210 Fall 2010 Many slides compliments of NYS Department of Environmental …