`TREE-PLANTING INCENTIVES' Michael John Painter M.Sc. Forest Science Institute of Ecology and Resource Management (IERM) University of Edinburgh Darwin Building Mayfield Road Edinburgh EH9 3JU Scotland Tel: +44 (0)131-667 9352 Fax: Attention of Michael Painter, M.Sc. Forest Science +44 (0)131-662 0478 E-mail: 9563743@eigg.sms.ed.ac.uk 2nd June 1996 Dear Reader, I am doing a `comparative study of private tree planting incentives in developing countries' for my M.Sc. dissertation, which has to be complete by the end of August. The dissertation will collate existing schemes and proposals - financial, fiscal etc. I have already searched Tree CD and located some sources of literature and contacted the main funding bodies in the UK. A key question is whether financial inducements to plant trees (as used in most of the developed world) have a place in the developing countries? Farmers in the tropics (like farmers everywhere) are reluctant to invest time, money, and labour in a long-payback crop like timber- trees (as opposed to fruit trees). Several tree planting grant or loan schemes exist in the tropics, but it is unclear how successful they've been. Many aid agencies feel that such inducements are `unsustainable' - even if they work in the short term. I would be grateful if you or a colleague could help with any information or documents or suggest material, people or places to contact. Any projects which you or your organisation have considered for funding or research proposals will be beneficial to my study. In return a synopsis of my dissertation will be available, on request, which may be of use to you. Many thanks and I look forward to your reply. Yours faithfully, Michael Painter.
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