Abstract
THE present forest policy for the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago has had several predecessors. The Annual Forest Administration Report for the Year 1946, written by Mr. John Carter, acting conservator of forests, starts with a statement on the present forest policy formulated in 1942 and now formally accepted by the Government and the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Briefly summarized, it is as follows : (a) Permanent reservation by the Crown of suitably situated areas of forest of a total acreage sufficient to supply the objects aimed at, both direct and indirect, (b) Management of reserved forests on the basis of a sustained yield. (c) The fullest utilization of the forest products, based on the correct forest management and the most economic utilization of imported lumber. (d) Organised research in all branches of forestry. (e) A fully trained staff, both gazetted and subordinate, and the education of all classes of the community to understand the benefits of forestry. (f) The encouragement of, and assistance to, private forestry, (g) Co-operation between forestry and other land interests with the object of bringing into force a sound land utilization policy.
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Forestry in Trinidad and Tobago. Nature 161, 147 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161147a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161147a0