2. PINE TAPPING IN
SOUTH AMERICA
1. Why crude gum production is different in South America.
2. Where crude gum is produced.
3. How crude gum is produced.
4. What we are doing to improve the “tapping technique”.
5. ... and what about the future of “pine tapping” in South America.

3. 1. Why crude gum production is different in South America.
NATURAL FOREST vs. PLANTED FOREST

4. 1. Why crude gum production is different in South America.
FARMER vs. PINE TAPPING COMPANY

5. 2. Where crude gum is produced in South America.
ECUATOR
TROPIC OF
CAPRICORN

6. 2. Where crude gum is produced in South America.
TROPIC OF
CAPRICORN
Tropical pines:
P. car. var. caribaea
P. car. var. hondurensis
P. car. var. bahamensis
P. oocarpa
Subtropical pines:
P. elliottii

7. 3. How crude gum is produced = CUT ONTO CAMBIUM
• CUT (STREAK) MADE EVERY
15 / 21 DAYS REMOVING
BARK, PHLOEMA AND
CAMBIUM.

8. 3. How crude gum is produced = STIMULATION
• CHEMICAL STIMULANT
APPLIED IN PASTE FORM.
• STIMULANTS: CEPA and SA.
• DEVELOPING STIMULANTS
WITHOUT H2SO4.

9. 5. What we are doing to improve the “tapping technique”.
• USE LESS TREE SURFACE

10. 5. What we are doing to improve the “tapping technique”.
• PLANTING SELECTED
SEEDLING FOR BETTER
WOOD AND PINE GUM YIELD

11. 5. What we are doing to improve the “tapping technique”.
• PLANT WITH A WIDER SPACING TO GROW
STRONGER TREES AND OBTAIN BETTER SUN
ILUMINATION.

12. 6. ... and what about the future of “pine tapping”
in South America.
• Based on big forest owners.
• Supported by medium size forest owners (100 to 1,000 hectares).
• Short forest rotation (< 15 years?).
• Better understanding of how the pine tree produces crude gum
(oleoresinosis).
• Less intervention.
• Planting exclusively for crude gum production (?).
• Mechanization.

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