Rehabilitation of Degraded Forests in Asia

Rehabilitation of Degraded Forests in Asia
Authors
Banerjee, Ajit Kumar
Publisher
World Bank Publications
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ISBN
9780821331194
Date
1995-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.70 MB
Lang
en
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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 to revive. The paper focuses 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. Although the paper recognizes that policy interventions are also crucial, it targets a specific audience: governments and agencies that plan and prepare the technical aspects of projects for restoring these important natural resource areas in Asia.