Strategy for the forest sector in sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank Technical Paper 251
Presents new strategies for protecting forests in Sub-Saharan Africa and underlines the importance of the region`s natural resources to its economic development. Forest resources in Sub-Saharan Africa are disappearing at an alarming rate--the region witnessed a 7 percent loss of its forest cover during the 1980s. The deforestation of tropical rain forests in West and Central Africa is occurring at a rate of 2 million hectares each year. The poor usually suffer the most in the short run--but it is the entire world community that suffers in the long run from the ensuing ecological damage. This strategy paper is one element of the World Bank`s process of addressing environmental issues and challenges. The paper adheres to the Bank`s forest policy adopted in 1991, which reaffirms the Bank`s support for conservation and sustainable development of forest resources. The authors emphasize the importance of the symbiosis of forest resource management and socioeconomic development for the region.
- Research Organization:
- World Bank Group, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 557596
- Report Number(s):
- WB-0289/XAB; ISBN 0-8213-2880-8; TRN: 73444742
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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