The silviculture underpinning successful industrial plantation forestry remains at the heart of the book. Many developments in tree improvement and forest nurseries through to considerations of forest protection and monocultures are all covered. The second edition brings balance in the 1990s to include the wider issues outlined - from industrial plantation to social forestry. Thus the book provides the student with an introduction, or the practitioner or development specialist with an overview of plantation forestry and tree planting in tropical countries as part of sound land use.