FO:HE/72/1 5 November 1971

UN CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
STOCKHOLM 1972

ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: FORESTRY 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Agenda Item II (a) ii

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

I.     SITUATION AND PROBLEMS

1.   THE WORLD'S FORESTS

1.   General

2.   Ownership

3.   The Forest Types

4.   The Forest Ecosystem

5.   Use, Management and Conservation

(i)   Temperate zones

(ii)   Arid and semi-arid zones

(iii)   Tropical humid zones

2.   THE INFLUENCE OF FORESTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

1.   Role of Forests at Global Level

2.   Role of Forests at Local Level

(i)   Physiochemical influences

(ii)   Mechanical influences

(iii)   Psychophysiological influences

3.   ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE FOREST ENVIRONMENT

1.   Forestry Development

2.   Forest Industries Development

II.    POLICY GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOVERNMENTS

1.   LAND CAPABILITY CLASSIFICATION AND LAND USE PLANNING

2.   THE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS

Recommendations to Governments on Forestry

3.   CONTROLLING POLLUTION FROM FOREST INDUSTRIES

Recommendations to Governments on Forest Industries

III.   PROPOSALS FOR ACTION AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

1.   WORLD FOREST APPRAISAL PROGRAMME (including forest fires)

2.   INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMME

3.   INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ON FOREST INFLUENCES

4.   INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON FOREST INDUSTRIES POLLUTION CONTROL

Annex 1   Vegetation Types

Annex 2   Man-made Forests