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  1. Library Resource
    January, 2001
    Honduras, Chile, Ukraine, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Guyana, Belarus, Central African Republic, Nicaragua, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Cameroon, Tanzania, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Armenia, Brazil, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Asia

    Report which alleges that International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and policies have caused extensive deforestation in each of the 15 countries of Africa, Latin America, and Asia studied.This forest loss, the author claims, has occurred both directly and indirectly through:the IMF's promotion of foreign investment in natural resource sectorsausterity measures that cut spending on environmental programsprograms that have unwittingly worsened the conditions of povertythe IMF.s insistence upon export-oriented economic growth.The report finds that:IMF induced cuts have impeded:Promotion of resp

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    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2000
    Albania, Central America, South America

    This paper discusses the relationship between transfer of laws from one country to another and legitimation of the law associated with the transfer. Drawing lessons from the legal transfer experience of Latin America in the 1960s, the paper attempts to ascertain what relevance, if any, legal transfer has in the context of the emerging market economies and democratic societies of the former communist countries of East Europe and the Soviet Union.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Costa Rica, Thailand, Italy

    This issue of Unasylva considers the future for teak, with an emphasis on plantation management.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2000
    Honduras, United States of America, Japan, El Salvador, Belize, Guatemala, Germany, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Costa Rica, Finland, Mexico, Panama, Cuba

    Meeting symbol/code: NAFC 2000 3

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2000
    Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Italy

    Meeting symbol/code: LARC 00 3

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Fiji, Bangladesh, Chile, Zimbabwe, China, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Cuba, Malta, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Uruguay, New Zealand, Rwanda, Australia, Myanmar, Portugal, Argentina, India, Senegal

    Un análisis del estado actual de las plantaciones forestales y las tendencias actuales de las mismas tanto a nivel global como a escala regional. Se examinan tanto los aspectos económicos, como los políticos relacionados al desarrollo de las plantaciones forestales. Luego se presentan las perspectivas de las plantaciones forestales a través de panoramas alternativos de acuerdo al futuro crecimiento de las áreas con plantaciones.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2000
    Honduras, Spain, Chile, Guatemala, Zimbabwe, Jamaica, Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela, Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Ecuador, Suriname

    Esta nota tiene como propsito el informar a la Comisin acerca de las actividades de la FAO relacionadas con el sector forestal que son de inters para la regin, financiadas con el presupuesto del Programa Ordinario y los proyectos ejecutados por la FAO financiados por el PNUD y los fondos fiduciarios donantes en el periodo 1998-99. La parte C proporciona referencias respecto a las recomendaciones y solicitudes especficas de la vigsima reunin de la Comisin.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Mauritius, Mozambique, El Salvador, Guinea-Bissau, Bolivia, Cuba, Congo, Guinea, Cape Verde, New Zealand, Kenya, United States of America, Nicaragua, Italy, Tanzania, India, Sao Tome and Principe, Georgia, Brazil, Africa

    This Manual has been put together with the objective of assisting actions by the diverse groups of human beings who intervene in the conservation of the natural resources, particularly soil and water resources and in the context of each continent, country, region or zone. The Manual brings together a collection of concepts, experiences and practical suggestions that can be of immediate use for identifying problems and for formulating, executing and evaluating actions so as to benefit and to improve the productivity and conservation of soil and water resources.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus

    The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA 2000) provides a comprehensive and up-to-date view of the world's forest resources at the end of the second millennium. It is the result of the collective efforts of the countries of the world. This major undertaking was based primarily on information provided by the countries, supplemented by state-of-the-art technology to verify and analyse the information and to make the results accessible to the world through the Internet. The FRA 2000 process emphasized collaboration and transparency.

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