This working paper is based upon the work of D. Pandey, Nowember 1997, relating to the Forest Resources Assessment 1990 data set, updated to 1995. Work was carried out under the UK/FAO Trust Fund Project Timber Production from Hardwood Plantations in the Tropics and Sub-tropics (GCP/INT/628/UK). The project was funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom. Information gained from the various case studies and technical studies has been extensively used.
As an important link in data sets between FRA 1990 and FRA 2000, this working paper is a useful reference previously unpublished. Data from the review of hardwood plantation areas was, for example, used in FAO’s Global Fibre Supply Model (FAO 1998), the Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Study (FAO 1998), State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 1997 (FAO 1997), 1999 (FAO 1999), and 2001 (FAO 2001), as well as in a number of other papers and studies. The UK/FAO project and the 1995 data set, further, formed one of the key reference document for reporting status and trends in forest plantation development for the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FAO 2001).
Because of the fundamental importance of this paper, publication as a working paper was warranted, despite being originally prepared in 1997.
Disclaimer
The Forest Plantations Working 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 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). Tropical forest plantation areas 1995 data set by D. Pandey. Forest Plantations Working Paper 18. Forest Resources Development Service, Forest Resources Division. FAO, Rome (unpublished).
