Literature on poplar and other plywoods

The literature on the cultivation of poplar and its processing into plywood panels is quite vast.

For your greater convenience, we have divided documents and links into three fields: product, scientific and agronomic.

Product literature

The following links relate to available documents on poplar plywood and its use.

• Okoumé plywood: definitions and advantages (FEIC 2009)

Scientific literature

The following links refer to available technical documents on laboratory tests and physical-mechanical characteristics of poplar plywood:

• FAO research: the outlook for wood consumption, Shanghai 2007
• "Giuseppe Nervo: La filiera del Pioppo - Indirizzi e Prospettive"

Silviculture literature

The following links relate to the available scientific documents on poplar woodlands for industrial use.

• Plantation forests and the role of biotechnology

Website of interest

Certification organizations

• CATAS – Italy
• Laboratorio Lapi – Italy
• FCBA – France
• WKI Fraunhofer – Germany

Italian research institutions / scientific associations

• Accademia Italiana di Scienze Forestali
• CNR - IVALSA Istituto per la valorizzazione del legno e delle specie arboree
• CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
• CRA Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura
• SISEF Società Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale
• UNIF Unione Nazionale Istituti Forestali

Foreign research institutions / scientific associations

• American Society of Agronomy
• IDF Le portail des forestiers privès
• INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Francia)

Italian organizations / associations

• Federlegno
• FSC Italia
• APAT Agenzia per la Protezione delll'Ambiente e per i servizi tecnici
• APRE Agenzia per la Promozione della Ricerca Europea
• Centro Italiano per la Riqualificazione Fluviale
• ENEA Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente
• MINAMB Ministero dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio
• MIPAF Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali
• MIUR Ministero dell'Università, Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica

Foreign organizations / associations

• FAO
• FAO - Forests
• FSC Forest Stewardship Council
• PEFC Pan European Forest Certification

European organizations

• EEA European Environment Agency
• EFI European Forest Institute
• EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
• Unione Europea Homepage
• European Committee for Standardization
• Parlamento Europeo (Ufficio Italiano)
• Property Rights

Other websites of land / forest interest

• AGRARIA Servizi Informatici Integrati per l'Agricoltura
• Compagnia delle Foreste
• PARCHI Il portale dei parchi italiani
• Progetto RI.SELV.ITALIA
• Ricerca Forestale