2. Improve the timeliness and usefulness of the inventories of forest resources by shortening the invento- 
ry cycles and providing more precise and detailed resource data. 
3. Expand research on growth and yield and other physical responses of forest resources to changes 
in management practices and on the associated economic returns. 
4. \Increase research on low-cost ways of naturally regenerating pine and other desirable species, 
including ways of reducing the time lag between harvest and stand establishment. 
5. Increase research in biotechnology, forest ecology, and tree physiology, to increase the productivity 
of forest trees. 
6. Intensify research efforts on the economic returns to forestry investments for public, industrial, nonin- 
dustrial private, and institutional investors, using methods accepted by the financial community. 
7. Increase research, education, and technology transfer programs, to improve wood utilization and 
quality control of manufactured products. 
8. Conduct research to quantify the effects of the mechanical properties of fast-grown species on wood 
and fiber products. 
9. Conduct research on the prospective role of southern forest products in international trade and the 
potential impact of global fiber production and marketing on the southern forest-products industry. 
Education 
10. Improve the effectiveness and expand, as needed, education programs conducted by Federal and 
State agencies, forestry schools, and forest industries on the benefits of good resource management 
for forest landowners, loggers, processors, and the general public. 
11. Improve the effectiveness and expand, as needed, continuing education programs for foresters and 
other resource managers. 
12. Improve the effectiveness and expand, as needed, educational programs concerned with integrated 
resource management. 
13. Increase training of reforestation contractors to improve quality and survival of planted trees. Consider 
requiring certification of reforestation contractors. 
14. Encourage the establishment of formal and informal institutional relationships at the State and local 
level made up of the providers of professional forestry assistance, including State service foresters, 
consultants, industry, extension, and others, to identify local problems, develop educational programs, 
inform forest landowners of the options available to improve the productivity of their forest lands, and 
encourage them to seek technical assistance in forestry matters. 
Technology Transfer 
15. Build technology transfer and research incentives into the research process and emphasize the need 
to disseminate research results effectively. 
