Abstract

The main constraint to successful control of forest insects in the tropics is economic backwardness, which in turn have led to other constraints. Accepting this reality, attempts must be made to limit the efforts to the most pressing problems and solving them rather than spreading the efforts too thin on many problems. An action plan is proposed which envisages collection of relevant information from each country through the efforts of WP (s2. 07. 07) . Scientists, coordinated by the respective co-chairmen for each of the three regions, collation of this information, identification of multi-national priority areas and encouragement of networking within the tropics