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Back to Basics: Field-Level Forestry. Asia-Pacific Forests and Forestry to 2020. Forest Policy Brief 02

Year of publication 2011

Pages 2p.

Author RAP

Product type Policy brief

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Institutional frameworks that fail to provide incentives to invest in forest management and a succession of high-level national and international priorities in forestry mean that field-level activities are often overlooked. The health and vitality of forests in the Asia-Pacific region and their productivity are often compromised as a result. With demands on forests increasing and climate change threatening, efforts to maintain ecosystem services and benefits from forests should focus attention o n effective management at the field level.

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