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CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

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Current trends of reforestation in the tropical countries of Asia and the Pacific

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Notwithstanding the global trend, Asia and the Pacific region has recorded several years of strong economic growth. The economic potential of the region has steadily increased over the past quarter of a century and most analysis agree that this trend will continue in the years ahead. With the rapid rise of living and education standards the per capita consumption of wood and wood-derived products is increasing at well above the estimated average world rate. Presently the timber production of the tropical countries of Asia and the Pacific is, for the most part, from the natural forests and is still steeply and steadily increasing. However because of the rapid depletion of the resource and increasing environmental concern this trend is expected to reserve as it has in tropical Africa and tropical America. This situation poses new challenges and opportunities for the region to develop a competitive source of wood from plantations. This paper examines the comparative advantages of the Asia-Pacific tropical countries in this respect.
    Année de publication

    1994

    Auteurs

    Cossalter, C.

    Langue

    English

    Mots clés

    tropics, afforestation

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