Module 1: General Principles of Plantation Design

The task of plantation design primarily is focusing on matching species to the site and developing the first step of a plantation establishment plan. The introduction part will explain the concept of plantation, and why we need a plantation. Through site inventory and tree species inventory, one can match species to the site, which establish a foundation for the plantation design. By integrating with forest function and forest type, an afforestation (or plantation) model can be developed to match the site ecologically and meet people’s objective.