Forestry activities and deforestation problems in developing countries
This report summarizes for the US Agency for International Development (A.I.D.), the recently completed, current, and proposed forestry activities in developing countries. Included here are ecological impacts of these activities, constraints in implementation of projects, and some examples of success and failure. Objectives were to provide: an inventory of forestry activities being carried out by the various agencies, bilateral and multilateral, responsible for assistance to developing countries. These agencies are commonly called donors; an assessment of the general ecological impact of the forest-related activities of the major donors; an assessment of the present constraints placed upon the various donors in dealing with the problems of forestry and deforestation in developing countries (constraints not imposed on A.I.D); an inventory showing where the most critical obstacles or opportunities are in respect to the forestry problems of developing countries, and which of these would be appropriate for A.I.D. to address through research, pilot projects, training, or other means; and a compilation of selected case studies of forestry experience including examples of success and failure.
- Research Organization:
- Forest Service, Madison, WI (USA). Forest Products Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5852398
- Report Number(s):
- AG/TAB-1080-10-78; ON: DE82901474
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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