Contributors. <BR><STRONG>Introduction:</STRONG> Approaches to Strategic Research on Sustainable Forest Management; <EM>H. Isozaki.</EM> <BR><STRONG>Part 1: Framework For Sustainable Forest Management. 1.</STRONG> Underlying Causes of Forest Loss in the Asia-Pacific Region; <EM>M.Yamane.</EM> <STRONG>2.</STRONG> Timber Trade Policy to Support Sustainable Forest Management; <EM>S.</EM> <EM>Nagata, S. Tachibana.</EM> <STRONG>3.</STRONG> Participatory Forest Management Policy in South and Southeast Asia; <EM>M. Inoue.</EM> <STRONG>4.</STRONG> Sustainable and Participatory Forest Management: Legal and Administrative Supporting Measures, and Final Recommendations; <EM>H. Isozaki.</EM> <BR><STRONG>Part 2: Policy And</STRONG> <STRONG>Legislation In Terms Of Local Participation. 5.</STRONG> Public Participation in International Environmental Agreements; <EM>K. Komatsu.</EM> <STRONG>6.</STRONG> Forest Certification Schemes in Japan, Indonesia, and Malaysia: Background and Reality; <EM>N. Shiraishi, S. Tachibana.</EM> <STRONG>7.</STRONG> Forest Policy Development in Laos; <EM>N. Kitamura.</EM> <STRONG>8.</STRONG> Potential Roles for NGOs in Community Forestry in Laos: Liaisons between the Socialist Government and Grassroots People; <EM>S. Matsumoto.</EM> <STRONG>9.</STRONG> Community-based Forest Management in the Philippines: Retrospect and Prospects; <EM>J. Puihin, P. Puihin.</EM> <STRONG>10.</STRONG> Forest Policy Trends in Vietnam; <EM>D. Sam, L. Trung.</EM> <STRONG>11.</STRONG> Informational Basis of Policy Judgments: The Case of the Royal Forest Department of Thailand; <EM>J. Sato.</EM> <STRONG>12.</STRONG> The Development of Forest Policy in the Russian Federation - With a Focus on Khabarovsk Krai; <EM>A.</EM> <EM>Sheingauz, H. Kakizawa.</EM> <STRONG>13.</STRONG> Public Participation in Japan's Forest Planning System; <EM>T. Fujiwara.</EM> <BR><STRONG>Part 3: Local Realities In Forest</STRONG> <STRONG>Use And Management. 14.</STRONG> Forest Values and Livelihood Uncertainty in Two Indigenous Communities of Indonesian Borneo; <EM>M. Nanang.</EM> <STRONG>15.</STRONG> Policy of Protected Areas and Local Use of Forest Resources in Indonesia A Case Study of a National Park in West Java; <EM>K. Harada.</EM> <STRONG>16.</STRONG> Impacts of Industrial Tree Plantations on the Inhabitants of South Sumatra, Indonesia; <EM>Y. Yokota.</EM> <STRONG>17.</STRONG> Local Forest Management of National Biodiversity Conservation Areas in Laos; <EM>K. Hyakumura, T.</EM> <EM>Khotphathoum.</EM> <STRONG>18.</STRONG> Local Forest Management in the Rice Terrace Area of Banaue, the Philippines; <EM>A. Hayama.</EM> <STRONG>19.</STRONG> Adaptability of Community-based Forest Management for Ex-Logging Workers in the Philippines; <EM>Y. Seki.</EM> <STRONG>20.</STRONG> Forest Utilization by Indigenous People: A Case Study of the Hunting Practices of the Udeghe People in the Russian Far East; <EM>S. Sasaki.</EM> <STRONG>21.</STRONG> Forest Management and Water Resource Conservation: Cost-Sharing Systems between Upstream and Downstream Communities in Japan; <EM>M. Yamane.</EM> <BR><STRONG>Conclusion:</STRONG> Sustainable Forest Management through Local Participation - Procedures and Priority Perspectives; <EM>M. Inoue.</EM> <BR><STRONG>Afterword</STRONG> and Acknowledgements; <EM>M.</EM> <EM>Inoue.</EM> Index.