The new policy of Ivory Coast Republic on timber exploitation

Abstract

The author reviews the progresses of timber exploitation in Ivory Coast during these last years. He points out the abuses to which the present prosperity might lead. He describes then the rules recently set in force the aim of which is to settle on a sound basis timber industry in the country.
The author ends in underlining the fact that the volume of timber felled and destroyed every year by shifting cultivation exceeds the annual increment of the timber standing crop. Efforts must be made towards protection, improvement and management of the existing forests.