The present guidelines provide technical advice related mainly to one of the
seven commonly used criteria for sustainable forest management: the productive
functions of the forest. More specifically, they consider the production of
timber, wood and wood products from forest ecosystems. The guidelines are
focused on basic issues of how to plan and implement the production of wood in
tropical forests in practice at an operational level. Contents Introduction, (1)
The Purpose of The Guidelines, (2) An Overview of Tropical Forest Management of
Wood Production, (3) Further Reading, Part I: Principles of Tropical Forest
Management, (1) Background Issues Concerning Sustainable Forest Management, (2)
National Policy and Legal Framework,