Authors:
Chokkalingam, U., D.M. Bhat and G. von Gemmingen
Publication Date:
2001
Abstract/Summary:
Rehabilitated secondary forests constitute a potential new and emerging resource requiring changes in policy favouring the rehabilitation of the large areas of degraded land in tropical Asia. Conversion of degraded lands into rehabilitated secondary forests rather than into monoculture plantations of exotics may be better for meeting the diverse product needs of local people, other stakeholders, and changing markets, as well as for environmental amelioration. It is also a relatively inexpensive method, suitable for rehabilitation by local people. Government and other stakeholder interest in and scope for rehabilitating degraded lands to secondary forest systems tend to increase along a proposed land use intensification model.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Journal of Tropical Forest Sciences
Link:
http://www.cifor.org/publications/pdf_files/SecondaryForest/Chokkalingam.pdf