A guide to the rotary veneer processing of coconut palms

Abstract

This book describes best practice for the production of rotary veneer. The book is focused on the production of coconut palm rotary veneer (or cocoveneer), with emphasis on the Pacific region’s coconut resource, but it also presents more general information on producing rotary veneer from traditional forest resources which will be useful in other countries, including Australia.
These technical guidelines are based on the R&D portfolio of the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF), which included activities predominately undertaken within the ACIAR project ‘Development of advanced veneer and other products from coconut wood to enhance livelihoods in South Pacific communities’ (FST/2009/062).