REFORESTATION OF DEGRADED TROPICAL FOREST LANDS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

Abstract

This paper reviews the reforestation of degraded tropical forest lands in the Asia Pacific region. The scale of the problem is defined and methods of dealing with such lands are considered. These methods may be classified as a three-point sequence of reclamation/rehabilitation/restoration on a continuum upwards from degradation. Choice of approach must be guided by the social and economic context, so that a variety of approaches will be needed in the region. This paper provides a background to the other papers in this special edition. These papers were presented at a workshop on the Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest Lands held at the University of Queensland, Australia in November 1991.