Teak logs at a traditional sawmill (Bali, Indonesia) A. Rival © CIRAD

Forest resources

Forests cover almost a third of the Earth's land area, half of which – two million hectares – is in warm regions. Natural and planted forests have a major social, economic and ecological impact on a global level, for the planet, and also on a national and local level for individual countries, firms and people. CIRAD supplies the scientific bases required for sustainable management of natural or planted forest ecosystems in humid and drier regions, so as to boost their contribution to the development of countries and people in the global South.

Books and documents

Journal

Bois et forêts des tropiques, a quarterly journal devoted to tropical forestry science and techniques (articles in English, French or Spanish).

CIRAD websites on forest resources

Aquil@Guyane project
REGEPE project on tree crop genetic resources in French Guiana
ForestInnov project
ARINA project on integrated forest management and reforestation of Anjozorobe district
Paracou research station
Tropix, technological characteristics of 245 tropical and temperate forest species

Scientific publications

See CIRAD's publications on forest resources