标题：A six-year project designed to promote sustainable forest management in Africa through the use of criteria and indicators has taken some important first steps towards field implementation
摘要：IN THOSE AFRICAN countries that still
possess important forest resources, such
as the countries of the Congo Basin,
timber harvesting constitutes one of the most
important economic activities. Forests in
these countries, though, are often threatened
by factors outside the forestry sector such as
deforestation and encroachment and, within
the permanent forest estates, by poor forest
management practices.
