Rehabilitation of degraded forests in Asia. World Bank technical paper
The degraded forests discussed in this paper are those that have been so badly damaged they have completely lost their protective or productive functions--but still retain their potential revive. The paper focusses on the major areas in Asia fitting this description: swidden agriculture areas in moist forests; human-induced extensive Imperata grasslands; repeatedly hacked, low-profile hardwood forests; and overlogged forests. The areas are defined carefully to determine their extent in Asia; key characteristics are described; their impacts on the local ecology are evaluated; the social and economic pressures that prolong the degradation are analyzed; and technical methods for rehabilitating the damaged areas are proposed.
- Research Organization:
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 166989
- Report Number(s):
- PB-96-122247/XAB; WORLD BANK TP-270; TRN: 53523237
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: DN: Library of Congress catalog card No. 94-40154; PBD: 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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