Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study: Technology Scenarios in the Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector

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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.

This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.

INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

Purpose of the Study
Structure of the Report

Natural Forest Management
Plantation Management
Agroforestry
Non-Timber Forest Products Use and Management
Wood Processing

Limitations of the Study

NATURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT

Over-Exploitation of Natural Forests?
Forest Certification
Natural Forest Management Today

Harvesting Operations and Intensities
Constraints to Improving Forest Management
Eco-tourism

Outlook
Summary

PLANTATION MANAGEMENT

Diversity of the Plantation Sector
Plantation ownership
Plantation Species
Plantation management practices
Harvesting of Plantations
Tree Improvement
Outlook
Summary

AGROFORESTRY

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

WOOD PROCESSING

Medium Density Fibreboard Production
The Rubberwood Success Story in Malaysia
Oil Palm Fibre as an Alternative Raw Material
Outlook
Summary

CONCLUSIONS

Reasons for Technology Change

Natural Forest Management
Plantation Management
Wood Processing Industry

Anticipated Developments in Forestry

Natural Forest Management
Plantation Management
Wood Processing
Non-Timber Forest Products Use And Management
Agroforestry

Factors Facilitating Technology Changes

REFERENCES

LIST OF WORKING PAPERS ALREADY RELEASED