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ADB's Policy on Forestry

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Policies and Strategies

R232-94
Publication Date: February 1995
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This Policy Paper acknowledges the need to balance the three imperatives of production, protection and participation.

It underscores the involvement of beneficiaries at an early stage of project development through to implementation and management to ensure that investments in the forestry sector are sustainable.

It makes explicit statements on

  • conditions for ADB involvement in forestry sector investments
  • the potential role of NGOs in the entire process of the project cycle from design to implementation and monitoring
  • the treatment of old-growth forests
  • areas of ADB involvement, taking into consideration emerging priorities.

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Contents

Abbreviations

Glossary

  1. INTRODUCTION

  2. THE CONTEXT

    1. Forestry in the Asian and Pacific Region and Its Role
    2. The Bank's Experience in Forestry Lending
    3. Recent Shifts in Forestry

  3. THE ISSUES

    1. Environmental Issues
    2. Economic Issues
    3. Technical Issues
    4. Policy and Institutional Issues

  4. THE RECOMMENDED STRATEGY

    1. Basic Principles of Bank Involvement in Forestry
    2. The Bank's Policy in the Forestry Sector

APPENDICES

Published by Asian Development Bank, 1995

The Asian Development Bank encourages the use of the material presented herein, with appropriate credit given to ADB. Please address inquiries for copies to:

Chief, Office of External Relations
Asian Development Bank
P.O. Box 789, 0980 Manila, Philippines