ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY
WORKING PAPER SERIES
Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/19
by Napoleon Vergara
Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
September 1997
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The Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study is being undertaken under the auspices of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission. This report comes under Workplan Number E25.4(d). |
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INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY
1.1. Purpose
1.2. Economic Situation and Trends, Asia-Pacific Region
1.2.1. Demographic Situation
1.2.2. Impacts of Economic and Population Growth upon Forest Resources
1.2.3. Major Causes of Deforestation in the Asia-Pacific Region1.3. The Growing Importance of Non-Forest Areas (NFAs)
1.3.1. The Nature of Non-Forest Areas
1.3.2. Tree Species in Non-Forest Areas
1.3.3. Ecological and Socio-economic Effects of Trees in Non-Forest Areas
2. CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS IN NON-FOREST AREAS
2.1. The Extent of Non-Forest Areas in the Asia-Pacific
2.2. Wood Products from Non-Forest Areas
2.3. Wood Supply From Non-Forest Areas
2.3.1. Subregion 1: SOUTH ASIA
2.3.2. Subregion 2: SOUTHEAST ASIA (SEA)
2.3.3. Subregion 3: EAST ASIA
2.3.4. Subregion 4: SOUTH PACIFIC
3. THE FUTURE WOOD SUPPLY FROM NON-FOREST AREAS
3.1. Trends in Wood Production in Non-Forest Areas
Table 1.- Population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Asia-Pacific Countries, 1996
Table 2. - Land and Population, Asia-Pacific, 1996.
Table 3. - Deforestation and Reforestation Rates, Selected Asia-Pacific Countries, 1990. (1,000 Ha)
Table 4. - Forest Resources of Selected Asia-Pacific
Table 5. - Roundwood and Woodfuel Production, Selected Asian Countries, 1992. (1,000 M3)
Table 6. - Trends in Pulpwood Production, Selected Asia-Pacific Countries. (1,000 M3)
Table 7. - Trends in Fuelwood Production, Selected Asia-Pacific Countries. (1,000 M3)
Table 8. - Quantity and Value of Fuelwood Consumed, Selected Asian Countries, 1991.
Table 9. - Trends in Biomass Energy Consumption in Asia. (In Peta Joules = 1015 Joules)
Table 10. - Trends in Roundwood Production Selected Asia-Pacific Countries, 1981 to 1995 (1,000 M3)
Table 11. - Actual and Projected Wood Consumption, Asia-Pacific, 1993-2010.
Table 12. - Projected Fuelwood Consumption/Production, Selected Asia-Pacific Countries
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