Forestry -- Philippines, Forestry -- Equipment 

The Basic Needs Strategy adopted by the 1976 World Employment Conference recommended that research aimed at strengthening the scientific and technological capacities of developing countries “should mainly be undertaken Within and under the direction of the developing countries themselves With the technical and financial assistance of international and other agencies”. Furthermore, the Vienna Programme of Action adopted by the 1979 United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) recommended that such research and development efforts “should be consistent With the priorities of developing countries and should provide for the active participation of developing countries in their design, planning, execution and evaluation”. The present volume by Jan Laarman,Klaus Virtanen,and Mike Jurvelius is a modest response to this call. In 1976, the Philippine Government requested the ILO to carry . out a study on the feasibility of utilizing more labor intensive techniques in their forestry operations. A team of three specialists, the authors of this book, spent 18 months in the Philippines evaluating the existing techniques and advising on which of these techniques were the most appropriate (in terms of employment potential, safety and working conditions, etc.) and what measures would be required for their application. Thus, research work was combined With technical co-operation activity based in the Philippines and carried out jointly by the ILO and the Bureau of Forest Development of the Philippine Government. 

Ill. ; 22 cm
Includes appendix