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