Development Assistance in Forestry: An A.I.D. Policy Background Paper

摘要

A.I.D. has both the mandate and the experience to help developing countries address the serious global environment problem of deforestation. This A.I.D. policy background paper identifies current forestry issues, describes A.I.D. forestry-related experiences, and sketches an A.I.D. forestry strategy for the 1980's. Rapid population growth rates and inadequate technologies give rise in developing countries to four unsustainable forest use patterns: excessive fuelwood collection; shifting cultivation; replacement of forest lands with pasture and forage production; and unrestrained timber harvesting.