Tropical forest management techniques: a review of the sustainability of forest management practices in tropical countries

Working Paper: FAO/FPIRS/04 prepared for the World Bank Forest Policy Implementation Review and Strategy

B Dupuy, H -F Maître and I Amsallem

CIRAD

FAO Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome

July 1999

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FOREWORD

FOREWORD: THE TECHNICAL APPROACH TO THIS REVIEW

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Humid tropical forests

1.2 Dryland forests

1.4 Plantations

1.5 Secondary forests

2 FOREST SUSTAINABILITY

2.1 Timescale

2.2 Economic considerations

2.3 Socio-cultural aspects of forest management