Edited extract from New policies for development in agriculture and forestry

The original paper of which this is an edited extract is some 30 pages long. This version has been prepared in order to make the key ideas in the paper accessible to a wider group of people who would not find the time to read the original paper. The extraction and edition was made in May 1993 by Hans Warfvinge, senior adviser in the project for renovation of strategies for forestry development, Ministry of Forestry, Hanoi.