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Foreword -- Preface -- Glossary / Nerendra P. Sharma -- 2. World forest in perspective / Narendra P Sharma, Raymond Rowe, Keith Openshaw -- 3. Deforestation: problems, causes, and concerns / Raymond Rowe, Nerendra P Sharma -- 4. Biological diversity and forests / Daniel B Botkin and Lee M Talbot -- 5. The role of forests in climate change / George Woodwell -- 6. Forest-based industrialization: a dynamic perspective -- 7. Forest concession management and revenue policies / Malcom Gillis -- 8. Fuelwood problems and solutions / D Evan Mercer and John Soussan -- 9. Policies contributing to agricultural colonization of Latin America's tropical forests / Douglas Southgate -- 10. Forest valuation / Randall Kramer, Robert Healy and Robert Mendelsohn -- 11. Forestry institution / Marie Lynn Miranda, Olga Marta Corrales, Michael Regan -- 12. A sociological framework: policy, environment, and the social actors for tree planting / Michael Cernea -- 13. The management of natural forests / John Palmer and Timothy J Synnott -- 14. Plantation forestry / P J. Kanowski and P S Savill, P. G. Adlard -- 15. Agroforestry systems design: an ecozone approach / PKR Nair -- 16. Production of forest products in agricultural and common land systems:economic and policy issues / J.E.M. Arnold -- 17. Watershed management: a key to sustainability / Kenneth Brooks, Hans Gregersen -- 18. Conditions for sustainable development / Narendra P Sharma, Raymond Rowe -- 19. A global perspective on forest policy / Nerendra P Sharma, Clark Binkely -- List of contributors.