THE PRESENT WORKING PLAN?
The amount of work laid down in the preparation and presentation
of periodic working plans for the forest divisions is impreSsive.Compared
with similar plans in most other countries the East Pakistan working plans
are undoubtedly of a very high standard. They contain a wealth of
forests
not easily found elsewhere.
Working plans in their present form date back to mid 19th or
eVen late 18th century German forestry. The ideas and concepts of Central
methods and techniques developed have served the forestry of several
countries for better or worse for generations. But with the changing
position of forests in national economics, in land use policy and as
producers of raw material for industry,. a more dynamic approach also to
planning in forestry is under way.
This raises the question of working plans in the future East
Pakistan forestry business. In this paper it is attempted to examine how
the working plans of to-day are related to the forestry of to-morrow, and
some tentative lines of development are suggested