Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study: In-Depth Country Study - India













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WORKING PAPER SERIES

ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY TOWARDS 2010

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/26

by
M.F. Ahmed
Former Inspector General of Forests and
Special Secretary to Government of India
Ministry of Environment and Forests
CGO Complex, Lodi Road
New Delhi
India

Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
October 1997

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 C16.

This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.


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INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

VERSES OF WISDOM

INTRODUCTION

1. CONTEXT IN WHICH THE FORESTRY SECTOR IS DEVELOPING

1.1 Highlights of Social and Economic Situation
1.2 Highlights of Long-term Objectives and Goals
1.3 Role of Country in Regional Context
1.4 Summary of Major Issues

2. THE STATE OF FORESTRY IN THE COUNTRY AND MAJOR TRENDS

2.1 Forest Resources - Status and Trends
2.2 Environmental Initiatives, Protected Areas and Wildlife Resources - Status and Trends
2.3 Overall wood production and utilization

2.3.1 Wood Based Industries (Including Pulp and Paper) - Status, Trends, Transitions
2.3.2 Wood Energy/Fuelwood Status, Trends and Transitions

2.4 Non-Wood Forest Products, Status and Trends
2.5 Services of Forests: Status and Trends
2.6 Institutions and Policies

3. FUTURE PROSPECTS

3.1 Assessment of Future supply and Demand for forest products and Services
3.2 Future Development and Development Objectives
3.3 Implications of Scenario

ANNEX 1 - NATIONAL FOREST POLICY - 1988

ANNEX 2 - GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTIONS ON INVOLVING COMMUNITIES IN REFORESTATION

ANNEX 3 - SHARING OF FOREST IN JOINT FOREST MANAGEMENT (JFM)

REFERENCES

List of Working Papers already released