This book was made possible by the inrerests and expertise of the chapter authors, with funding support from two projects of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization-the Forestry Research Support Program for Asia-Pacific (FORSPA) and the Forest Tree Improvement Project (FORTIP) for Asia-Pacific-and from the Forestry/Fuelwood Research and Development (F/FRED) Project. F/FRED is a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Winrock International lnstitute for Agricultural Development. a US.-based not-for-profit organization.