WORKING PAPER SERIES
ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY TOWARDS 2010
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/25
Study contributed by
Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific (FORSPA)
and prepared by
Thomas Enters
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 E27.1. |
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INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY
Purpose of the Study
Structure of the ReportNatural Forest Management
Plantation Management
Agroforestry
Non-Timber Forest Products Use and Management
Wood Processing
Over-Exploitation of Natural Forests?
Forest Certification
Natural Forest Management TodayHarvesting Operations and Intensities
Constraints to Improving Forest Management
Eco-tourism
Diversity of the Plantation Sector
Plantation ownership
Plantation Species
Plantation management practices
Harvesting of Plantations
Tree Improvement
Outlook
Summary
Performance of Agroforestry Projects
Outlook
Summary
NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS USE AND MANAGEMENT
NTFP Research
Employment and Income Generation
Diminishing Resource
Dynamics of NTFP Use
NTFPs in the Rural Economy: Who Benefits?
Outlook
Summary
Medium Density Fibreboard Production
The Rubberwood Success Story in Malaysia
Oil Palm Fibre as an Alternative Raw Material
Outlook
Summary
Natural Forest Management
Plantation Management
Wood Processing IndustryAnticipated Developments in Forestry
Natural Forest Management
Plantation Management
Wood Processing
Non-Timber Forest Products Use And Management
Agroforestry