Saturday, September 13, 2014

Why are the tropical countries a net timber importers?

Ans:
1. Many species are found in a smaller area. For example Malaysian jungles have around 200 species in a acre of forest land. Hence, commercial exploitation of trees becomes difficult.

2. Since the species of trees found in the tropical rain forests (found in tropical countries) are hardwoods and do not float easily on water , haulage becomes unviable.


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