DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED VENEER AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM COCONUT WOOD TO ENHANCE LIVELIHOODS IN SOUTH PACIFIC COMMUNITIES

摘要

This paper presents key findings of the ACIAR-funded Coco Veneer project FST/2009/062. The project team includes researchers and collaborators from the University of Tasmania, the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), Pacific Community (SPC), the Fiji Ministry of Fisheries & Forests; the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Samoa; Solomon Islands' Ministry of Forestry and Research, and industry in Australia and Pacific Islands. Shown in Figure 1, the project's objectivesinclude: