SOFTWOODS FAMINE.
Supplies May Be Exhausted
In 25 Years. SHORTAGE BEING RECOGNISED. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 6. At the sitting of the Forestry Subsection of the British Associagon for the Advancement of Science, Sir Peter Chitterbuck, Inspector-General of Forests to the Government of India, said that the British Empire was almost defenceless against the coming famine in softwoods.
Some authorities thought that the supplies would be exhausted in 25 years. Canada, whose virgin forests woufd not outlast that period, was already sending 83 per cent of her annual output to the United States.
The seriousness of the shortage was being recognised, and steps were bein»» taken in most parts of the Empire to start or improve forest management on scientific lines, but what had been done was insuflicient. Afforestation on a large scale was necessary.
The subsection carried a resolution urging that financial support be given to the Empire Forestry Association and similar societies.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 211, 7 September 1927, Page 7
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