CARBON SEQUESTRATION, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - INTEGRATED FOREST MANAGEMENT

Tropical deforestation provides a significant contribution to anthropo genic increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration that may lead to glob al warming. Forestation and other forest management options to sequest er CO2 in the tropical latitudes may fail unless they address local ec onomic, social, environmental, and political needs of people in the de veloping world. Forest management is discussed in terms of three objec tives: carbon sequestration, sustainable development, and biodiversity conservation. An integrated forest management strategy of land-use pl anning is proposed to achieve these objectives and is centered around: preservation of primary forest, intensified use of nontimber resource s, agroforestry, and selective use of plantation forestry.