WORKING PAPER SERIES
ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY TOWARDS 2010
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/37
by
Joerg Balsiger
Consultant
Forestry Policy and Planning Division, Rome
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
January 1998
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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 E24.2. |
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INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY
1.1 Multiple concerns about, perspectives of, and claims on forests and their management
1.2 The Economic, Political, and Demographic Landscapes in the Asia-Pacific Region
2. THE ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
2.1 Evolution
2.2 Diversity and Structure
2.3 Activities
3.1.1 Forest Loss and Degradation
3.1.2 Loss of frontier forests
3.1.3 Perceptions of causes of forest loss3.2.1 The value of biological diversity
3.2.2 The significance of biological diversity in the Asia-Pacific region
3.2.3 Threats and response strategies3.3 Indigenous and Forest-dependent Peoples
3.4 Non-timber forest products
3.5 Forests and Climate Change
3.6 Watersheds and River Basins
4. ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON CURRENT TRENDS OF FACTORS AFFECTING FORESTS
4.1 Protected Areas
4.2 Wood Production and Trade4.2.1 Timber harvesting
4.2.2 Timber processing
4.2.3 Wood products trade
4.2.4 Industrial plantation forestry
4.2.5 Fuelwood4.3 Hunting and Wildlife Trade
4.4 Forest Management - Government Policies
4.5 Transportation and Hydroenergy Infrastructure
4.6 Shifting Agriculture and Agroforestry
5. ENVIRONMENTAL VISIONS AND POSSIBLE FUTURE SCENARIOS OF FORESTRY TO 2010
5.1 Components of an Environmental Vision for Forestry
5.2 Scenario 1: Complete Achievement
5.3 Scenario 2: Partial Achievement
5.4 Scenario 3: Non-achievement
ANNEX 1: SELECTED LIST OF ASIA-PACIFIC AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
ANNEX 2: WORLD RAINFOREST MOVEMENT CHARTER OF THE INDIGENOUS-TRIBAL PEOPLES OF THE TROPICAL FORESTS
ANNEX 3: INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN DECLARATION AGAINST A GLOBAL FOREST CONVENTION