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Camcore brings economic development out of the woodwork
Riding with military convoys at night through guerrilla strongholds in Guatemala and Honduras may not seem like the groundwork for sustainable economic development, but hold your horses.
NC State researchers, working Central American forests, the Amazon jungle and Andean timberlands, collect seeds from trees in remote areas before tree species are wiped out by development, disease, or infestation. The Camcore International Tree Conservation and Domestication Program scientists have harvested seeds from dozens of pine and hardwood species in the Americas, southern Africa, and Southeast Asia while also studying, for example, the economic tradeoffs Brazilian populations make in choosing conservation over deforestation.
Meanwhile, the Forest Nutrition Cooperative (FNC) partners with forest landowners in five South American countries to improve the efficiency of tree plantations and help meet the growing world demand for timber. You might say NC State has economic development coming out of the woodwork.