Global Reforestation Initiative by AgroMicron
Thanks to specially acquired clone samples AgroMicron will now
be able to completely regenerate an entire forest in some
regions in seven to ten years. Which means the global
deforestation problem might no longer be a problem.
The name given to this project is the AgroMicron Paulownia
Project, which originated due to the fact that Paulownia tree is
one of the most resourced tree's in Asia. The Paulownia tree is
one of China's most important traditional trees and is widely
planted to supply village needs for wood it is also know as
Pouton on in China, Kiri in Japan and Golden Cedar in Australia.
Thanks to the quick growth rate and size of the Paulownia it
made the perfect donor for AgroMicron's needs of 15 pristine
clones. The process of getting to these 15 was a long and
difficult one, which started with 840 clones and with the help
of the Chinese Academy of Forestry this was brought down to 32
and that was when the final cut was made.
Currently 14 of the clones are maintained in tissue for
multiplication and commercial supply while the last clone
AgroMicron wouldn't say what they where testing with it, maybe
some super tree or maybe they are looking at how to get the 7
year growth cycle down to 4 or maybe even just 3 years which
would mean an very quick end to all the fears of deforestation
and the negative effectives this has on the environment.
So what is a company like AgroMicron spearheading such a project
with virtually no possibility of a commercial gain, well that
was the question I proposed to Mr. Gary Lloyd, Senior Corporate
Advisor to AgroMicron, his reply shocked me. He stated "while
AgroMicron is about making profits, its more focused on making
good, we know we can make money from anything we do or sell but
the hard part in business is actually benefiting others" he went
on to explain why the Global Reforestation Initiative was
important to AgroMicron "with all the projects and people we
come into contact with we saw that we could easily collaborate
these minds together and work collectively on one project that
would benefit everyone and the Global Reforestation Initiative
does just that."
Now I've never seen a Paulownia tree, but by the sounds of
things we'll be seeing a lot more of them and hopefully in the
not to distant future. For the time being AgroMicon will
continue to research and work with their clones and you can bet
on a follow up story in the coming months. In the mean time to
learn more on the Global Reforestation Initiative underway at
AgroMicron you can visit
http://www.agromicron.com/Global-Reforestation-Initiative/ and
for more corporate information on AgroMicron you can visit their
homepage at http://www.agromicron.com