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
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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 C16. |
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INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY
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 utilization2.3.1 Wood Based Industries (Including Pulp and Paper) - Status, Trends, Transitions
2.3.2 Wood Energy/Fuelwood Status, Trends and Transitions2.4 Non-Wood Forest Products, Status and Trends
2.5 Services of Forests: Status and Trends
2.6 Institutions and Policies
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)