Forestry management for sustainable development /

This report is based on papers prepared for, and discussions held at the regional seminar on " Forestry Management for Sustainable Development " which took place in Genting Highlands, Malaysia. The papers discuss the crisis in Asian forestry, of which three immediate causes are identified:...

• Main Author: D'Silva, Emmanuel H
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial. Instituto de Desarrollo Económico
• Other Authors: Appanah, S
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. : World Bank. Economic Development Institute, 1993
• Series: An EDI policy seminar report ; no. 32
• Subjects: GESTION AMBIENTAL; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; ASIA SUDORIENTAL; ADMINISTRACION AMBIENTAL; ECODESARROLLO; DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction and overview
• 2. The policy environment: forest policy issues in Southeast Asia
• 3. The institutional environment: redefining the role of forest departments
• 4. The technological environment: technological issues limiting the successful management of natural tropical forests
• 5. Conclusions and recommendations
• References
• List of participants
• Boxes.