This paper introduces the approach, methodology, assumptions and tentative results of the nationwide off-site cost evaluation of Master Plan for Forestry Development. It also includes the technical contents of a Master Plan project paper and reviews recent literature and information useful in...

This paper introduces the approach, methodology, assumptions and tentative results of the nationwide off-site cost evaluation of Master Plan for Forestry Development. It also includes the technical contents of a Master Plan project paper and reviews recent literature and information useful in...

The area of forest plantations in the tropics has increased for many reasons, but not the least as a result of natural forest depletion. Although forest plantations cannot qualitatively substitute the timber grown in natural forests, their importance in global forestry is steadily increasing. At...