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Sources of Non-wood Fibre for Paper, Board and Panels Production: Status, Trends and Prospects for India

Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/10

Year of publication 1997

Author Ganapathy,P.M.;Forestry Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Category Technical book

Series title Forestry Sector Outlook Studies

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The increasing demand for pulp, paper and panel products and a shrinking forest resource base in India has recently led to the expanded exploitation of alternative fibre sources such as bagasse, straw and recycled material. This report captures these developments and makes an attempt to foresee the scenario to the year 2010.

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