Wood cultivation using unconventional waters

The head of the country's Forest and Rangeland Research
Institute said: Research studies on wood cultivation using unconventional
waters have been conducted in 10 metropolitan areas of the country. Adel Jalili
said about wood cultivation in the country: Wood and paper industries in Iran
have a high capacity and this creates good employment and added value.

He said that the wood industry in the country is currently
operating at a lower capacity, and also added that: If we can supply the raw materials for these
industries, this industry will have a high economic value. He also mentioned
that: In the last three years, various projects have been implemented for
poplar planting in the country and the study was made on its production.

Jalili emphasized that: About wood cultivation using unconventional waters in 10 metropolitan
cities, including Tehran, Tabriz, Karaj, Mashhad, Ahvaz and Rasht, the
necessary studies have been conducted. The head of the country's Forest and
Rangeland Research Institute, after emphasizing on the potential of river
boundaries areas in the north and northwest, has mentioned: The high capacity
of agriculture in rainfed conditions, which is mainly in northern Iran,
including Gilan and in some parts of Mazandaran, has been studied and the
result was that wood cultivation in these areas can be implemented in empty and
destroyed areas. He mentioned the development of eucalyptus planting in
Khuzestan province as one of the other projects studied in this institute.

Source of
the news: Public relations of the Ministry of Jihad-Agriculture

Translated by: F.KH