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1. Salt in the environment -- Salinity in the landscape -- Dryland salinity -- Secondary salinity associated with irrigation -- Land management change and salinity -- Processes related to soil salinity -- Sources of salt -- The source of water -- Mechanisms for redistributing salt -- Classification...

4. Species selection and productivity -- Forest productivity -- Measurement of productivity -- Species selection for plantations -- Genetic selection and breeding programs -- Provenances -- Testing of genotypes -- Application of biotechnology to the improvement of trees -- Genetic mapping -- Marker...

7. Effluent irrigation applications -- Use of effluent in forest systems -- Effluent irrigation and effects on soil salinity -- Case studies -- 8. Plantation management in saline environments -- Commerical plantations -- Plantation systems -- Plantation establishment and management -- Selection and...

10. Carbon accumulation in forest plantations -- Introduction -- Potential carbon trading -- Carbon accumulation within plantations -- Measurement of carbon change in plantations.illness in imme.