The Forest Plantation Thematic Papers report on issues and activities in forest plantations. These working papers do not reflect any official position of FAO. Please refer to the FAO website (http://www.fao.org/forestry for official information.
The purpose of these papers is to provide early information on on-going activities and programmes, and to stimulate discussion.
Comments and feedback are welcome.
For further information please contact:
Mr. Jim Carle, Senior Forestry Officer (Plantations and Protection),
Forest Resources Development Service
Forest Resources Division
Forestry Department
FAO
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
I-00100 Rome (Italy)
e-mail: [email protected]
For quotation:
FAO (2002). Forest plantation productivity. Report based on the work of W.J. Libby and C.Palmberg-Lerche. Forest Plantation Thematic Papers, Working Paper 3. Forest Resources Development Service, Forest Resources Division. FAO, Rome (unpublished).
The first draft of the present paper was received in May 2000.
Final editing of the paper was done by J.B. Carle, FAO (Rome)
