Beyond sustainable forest management: opportunities and challenges for improving forest management in the next millennium - summary report


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A summary of recent reports prepared for the FAO Forestry Department as an input to the World Bank Forest Policy Implementation Review and Strategy

C. Lennart S. Ljungman

Director, Forestry Policy and Planning Division

R Michael Martin

Chief, Forestry Planning and Statistics Branch

Adrian Whiteman

Forestry Officer (Sector Studies)

Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome

December 1999


 

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Table of Contents

FOREWORD

THE FINDINGS IN BRIEF

1 SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT REVISITED

2 A SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE WITH DIFFFERENT FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

3 THE OUTLOOK FOR FOREST RESOURCES AND FOREST PRODUCT MARKETS

4 FAILURES OF MARKETS, POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS

5 RESPONSES TO THE SITUATION

6 APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION

REFERENCES

ANNEX 1: THE FOREST SECTOR AT A GLANCE IN WORLD BANK CLIENT COUNTRIES

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