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Technology Scenarios in the Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector

Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study: Working Paper No: APFSOS/WP/25

Year of publication 1997

Author Enters,T.;Forestry Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Series title Forestry Sector Outlook Studies

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) A review of current practices in the fields of natural forest and plantation management, agroforestry and non-timber forest products and wood processing. Reasons for technological change are discussed, constraints on the uptake of new technologies are outlined and the outlook for each area is presented.

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