This study was completed under the supervision of Michael Martin, Chief, Forestry Planning and Statistics Branch; and Adrian Whiteman, Forestry Officer (Sector Studies), Forestry Planning and Statistics Branch. An important source of advice, information and assistance was Jim Ball, Senior Forestry Officer (Plantations), particularly in making available the work of Devendra Pandey and Jerry Leech. Several other FAO consultants including Gary Bull and David Tomberlin also provided very useful advice and information.
Particular thanks are also due to those who gave of their time to review the paper and contributed extensively to improvements in the analysis: Mary Clarke (New Zealand Institute of Economic Research); Professor Julian Evans (Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK); Dr Devendra Pandey (Forest Survey of India); Chris Perley (Chris Perley and Associates, New Zealand); Professor David South (School of Forestry, Auburn University, USA); John Turland (State Forests of New South Wales, Australia); Dr Luis Ugalde (KATIE, Costa Rica); Dr Wulf Killmann (FAO); Dr Christel Palmberg-Lerche (FAO); and Olman Serrano (FAO).