What future for Asias lowland tropical evergreen forests

Ashton P., . What future for Asias lowland tropical evergreen forests. pp. 418-423. ISSN 0128-1283

Little now remains of the lowland dipterocarp forest logged over the last fifty years as home markets were neglected in favour of exportation increasingly exacerbated by conversion to oil palm on those soils where techniques for sustainable silvicultural management had become known. What remains will be amenable only to selective silvicultural management methods based on deep knowledge of tree flora growth rates and methods developed by continuing research and trials with oversight by highly trained researchers and technicians. These will be costly. In view of the increasing global value of tropical forests for atmospheric carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation as well as for local and regional services success must depend on international investment and support. But a residue of traditional forest knowledge and skills still resides among traditional forest communities. By investing in them the desperately needed diversification of rural economies can still be achieved.

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Abstract

Little now remains of the lowland dipterocarp forest logged over the last fifty years as home markets were neglected in favour of exportation increasingly exacerbated by conversion to oil palm on those soils where techniques for sustainable silvicultural management had become known. What remains will be amenable only to selective silvicultural management methods based on deep knowledge of tree flora growth rates and methods developed by continuing research and trials with oversight by highly trained researchers and technicians. These will be costly. In view of the increasing global value of tropical forests for atmospheric carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation as well as for local and regional services success must depend on international investment and support. But a residue of traditional forest knowledge and skills still resides among traditional forest communities. By investing in them the desperately needed diversification of rural economies can still be achieved.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Forests
AGROVOC Term:	Lowland
AGROVOC Term:	Dipterocarps
AGROVOC Term:	Tropical forests
AGROVOC Term:	Traditional knowledge
AGROVOC Term:	Biodiversity
AGROVOC Term:	Nature conservation
AGROVOC Term:	Forest management
AGROVOC Term:	Sustainable land management
AGROVOC Term:	Sustainable development
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 06:29
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24754

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