WORKING PAPER SERIES
ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY TOWARDS 2010
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/13
by
Forests Branch
Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and Energy
Australia
Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
August 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 a regional context1.3.1 Trade
1.3.2 Sustainable management techniques for forestry and research and development
1.3.3 Sustainable management of Australia's forests
1.3.4 Australia's involvement in the Asia-Pacific region
2. THE STATE OF FORESTRY IN THE COUNTRY AND MAJOR TRENDS
2.1 The forest resources - status and trends
2.2 Environmental initiatives, protected areas and wildlife resources: status and trends
2.3 Wood based industries (including pulp and paper): status, trends and transitions2.3.1 Sawntimber
2.3.2 Wood panels
2.3.3 Paper and paperboard
2.3.4 Forest products trade prospects2.4 Wood energy/fuelwood
2.5 Non-wood forest products
2.6 Services of the forest: status and trends
2.7 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 and scenarios
KEY INFORMATION SOURCES RELEVANT TO STATUS, TRENDS AND FUTURE OF FORESTRY IN AUSTRALIA