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    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2018
    Republic of Korea, Bangladesh, United States of America, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Germany, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, Italy, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia, Asia

    There are numerous global, regional, national and even subnational targets for increasing forest area and forest restoration. In light of these global targets and emerging ambitious national commitments, it is imperative to develop low-cost strategies and techniques for landscape restoration. The most widely used restoration strategies involving planting of tree seedlings are often costly and their application for restoring vast expanses of degraded forest lands in the region may be limited.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    February, 2019
    Cameroon, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, United States of America, Philippines, Malaysia, Chile, Germany, China, Italy, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Congo, Argentina, India, Pakistan, Gabon, Brazil

    This edition of Unasylva comes in the wake of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20,which, among other things, produced a document called The Future We Want. In it, world leaders renewed their commitment to sustainable development and stated that “the wide range of products and services that forests provide creates opportunities to address many of the most pressing sustainable development challenges”. Foresters should be pleased with these words because they indica te that forests are starting to get the recognition they deserve.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    April, 2018
    Nepal, Fiji, Bhutan, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, India, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia

    This publication reports the proceedings of the twenty-sixth session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 23 to 27 October 2017.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1997
    Pakistan, New Zealand, India, Malaysia, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, Myanmar, Asia

    A description of the forest areas and types in Pakistan with summaries of the estimated growing stock and current and predicted future wood supply and demand

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1997
    Fiji, Switzerland, United States of America, Chile, China, Indonesia, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, Thailand, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Asia, Oceania

    An overview of the state of forestry in New Zealand with details of the social and economic environment, forest resources and forest industries. The country's forest policies, institutions and forestry initiatives are outlined. Annexes provide the countries most important forestry statistics.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1992
    Nepal, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Kenya, Zambia, Israel, Chile, Peru, China, Lesotho, India, Sudan, Republic of Korea, Niger
  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Timor-Leste, Fiji, Micronesia, China, Indonesia, Australia, Republic of Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Italy, Philippines, Marshall Islands, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Kiribati, India, Bhutan, Mongolia, Asia

    The initial Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS) drew together the myriad forestry dimensions to provide a coherent description and analysis of the situation and prospects for forestry in the region. The study resulted in 50 working papers on a variety of forestry themes. The formal aspects of the study culminated in a comprehensive main report, published in November 1998. APFSOS provided an important roadmap for forestry sector development in the Asia-Pacific region to 2010, which is still being used to guide policy makers in the region today.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1997
    Samoa, Germany, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Guinea, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, Thailand, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Netherlands, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Asia

    This country report outlines the forestry sector development objectives for Vietnam and includes descriptions of the country's forest resources, wood and non-wood products and their current and future supply and demand. Organisational strengthening and policy formulation are also covered

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2008
    United States of America, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Netherlands, India, Bhutan, Cambodia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Asia

    Does forest tenure matter? In what way does it matter? What are the links among tenure, sustainable forest management (SFM) and poverty alleviation (PA)? This paper presents the main findings of research that was conducted by FAO and partners from the Asia Forest Partnership with the aim of analysing and understanding the role of tenure arrangements, their enabling impacts and their limitations. The paper presents a summary of different tenure instruments’ performance in supporting SFM and PA, and provides recommendations for more effective forest tenure systems.

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