He also comments on the relative efficiency of the different approaches and possible pitfalls in their application. The arithmetic needed for solving the problems is very simple, thus making the computer programming relatively easy. Unfortunately, the number of evaluations needed to find an optimal solution is so large that, even with modern computers, practical applications are limited to small problems. Two appendixes, one on linear programming and another on after-tax cash flows, complete the book. The book gives a good overview of both traditional and modern planning techniques.
All chapters are well organized and quite thorough.
However, probably because it was born as a textbook, it sometimes lacks fluidity and chapters appear to be isolated from one another. Finally, considering that one of the main objectives, as stated in the introduction, was that of examining new approaches to forest management, multiple-objective formulations could have been examined in more detail. One of the principal activities of the FTPP is information dissemination. The Community Forestry Case Study Series describes projects or programmes in which rural people have developed forest resources to respond to local problems and needs. Social and economic incentives for smallholder tree growing.