Fast-wood forestry : myths and realities

Cossalter Christian, Pye-Smith Charlie. 2003. Fast-wood forestry : myths and realities. Jakarta : CIFOR, 50 p. ISBN 979-3361-09-3

Résumé : Fast-Wood Forestry-Myths and Realities provides a comprehensive analysis of the arguments for and against fast-wood plantations. It separates fact from fiction, science from speculation, truth from misinformation. Environmentalists have frequently exaggerated the malign impact of fast-wood plantations. At the same time plantation companies have underestimated the damage that fast-wood forestry has done, both to the environment and local communities. Fast-Wood Forestry explores in detail the impact of the industry on biodiversity, soil and water resources. It analyses the claims made by plantation companies that fast-wood forestry brings valuable social benefits jobs, infrastructure and wealth-to rural communities. And it assesses the merits-or otherwise-of the subsidies and incentives used by governments and international agencies to encourage the industry. Fast-Wood Forestry concludes with a series of recommendations that suggest how the industry could improve its environmental and social performance. Authoritative and comprehensive, lively in style and jargon-free, Fast-Wood Forestry will appeal to everyone with an interest in development issues, from environmentalists to plantation advocates, academics to non-governmental organizations, political decision-makers to resource use planners.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : biodiversité, plantation forestière, utilisation des terres, impact sur l'environnement

Classification Agris : K10 - Production forestière

Auteurs et affiliations

• Cossalter Christian, CIRAD-FORET-DIR (IDN)
• Pye-Smith Charlie

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/514676/)

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