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Contents Foreword 3 Abbreviations 7 Acknowledgments 8 Authors 9 Summary 10 Introduction 12 Sandalwood and its uses 13 Biology 13 Uses 13 Production 13 Sandalwood production in Vanuatu 19 Forestry sector 19 Importance of sandalwood in Vanuatu 20 Sandalwood plantation sector in Vanuatu 23 Woodlot survey 23 Planting sandalwood in Vanuatu 24 Improved sandalwood stock 25 Planted sandalwood species 26 Economic advantages from planted sandalwood 27 Impediments to the expansion of a planted sandalwood resource 27 Investment opportunities in sandalwood plantings in Vanuatu 29 Sandalwood plantings for use as collateral 30 Productivity of planted sandalwood 32 Growth rates 32 Heartwood development 32 Planting spacing and host plants 34 5
Socioeconomics of sandalwood production 36 Sandalwood smallholder interviews 36 Sandalwood markets and marketing 47 Sandalwood quality 47 Relative value of sandalwood products 47 Market demand and price 48 Certification schemes and quality standards 52 Position of Vanuatu sandalwood 54 Strengths and weaknesses of the Vanuatu sandalwood industry 55 Policy issues for the development of the sandalwood industry in Vanuatu 59 Land tenure and sandalwood plantings 59 Marketing of products from sandalwood plantings 60 Growing other sandalwood species 61 Conclusions and recommendations 62 Benefits of growing sandalwood 62 Constraints on the industry 62 Promotion and extension 63 Outlook 63 References 64 6
Page 1 and 2: Opportunities for the smallholder s
Page 3 and 4: The Australian Centre for Internati
Page 5: of the Vanuatu sandalwood industry.
Page 9 and 10: Acknowledgments The authors recogni
Page 11 and 12: Summary Vanuatu is a developing cou
Page 13 and 14: Introduction Sandalwood (Santalum s
Page 15 and 16: (Fiji, Samoa and Tonga). The uncont
Page 17 and 18: 140,000 Sandalwood oil production (
Page 19 and 20: 120,000 Sandalwood oil production (
Page 21 and 22: Percentage of total Vanuatu exports
Page 23 and 24: the sustainability of wild-harvesti
Page 25 and 26: 120,000 100,000 Seedlings planted 8
Page 27 and 28: 25,000 Established sandalwood seedl
Page 29 and 30: 400 350 Heartwood production (tonne
Page 31 and 32: each of the three products, Summit
Page 33 and 34: Productivity of planted sandalwood
Page 35 and 36: 120 100 Heartwood yield (kg) 80 60
Page 37 and 38: Socioeconomics of sandalwood produc
Page 39 and 40: All input costs were expressed on a
Page 41 and 42: heartwood rotation. This sandalwood
Page 43 and 44: e beyond an individual smallholder
Page 45 and 46: NPV accumulated cash flow (US$) (di
Page 47 and 48: The data used to determine the size
Page 49 and 50: Table 6. Comparison of sandalwood o
Page 51 and 52: 90,000 80,000 70,000 Price (A$/tonn
Page 53 and 54: markets include growing consumer pr
Page 55 and 56: It is also possible to publish draf
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Box 2. Industry weaknesses and thre
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development strategies are based on
Page 61 and 62:
or recognised through an accreditat
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Conclusions and recommendations An
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References AAG (Australian Agribusi
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Mwang’ingo P.L., Tcklchaimanot Z.
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