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  1. Library Resource
    National Policies
    January, 2005
    Azerbaijan

    This Action Plan is a national Plan with a cross-sectoral approach, addressing issues falling under its mandate in an integrated way. The timeframe is 10 years between 2006 and 2015.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Indonesia

    This document is intended for those interested in gathering natural resource information that reflects the needs of local communities. It describes a multidisciplinary survey developed with indigenous communities in the fores-rich landscapes of the Malinau watershed in East Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). The final methods reflect a mixture of judgements, compromises and reactions to trials over many months. It is intended that it is useful to readers from diverse backgrounds given the multidisciplinary nature of the procedures described. This is not intended as a manual.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2004
    Indonesia

    The study was based on initial research during 2000 and 2002 in the districts of Kapuas, Central Kalimantan, supplemented with interviews with policy makers in Jakarta during July-August 2001. This paper considers how the decentralization process involves legal and institutional changes that encompass a wide arrary of actors, institutions and levels of government. It raises issues of coordination, negotiation and conflict across multiple levels and jurisdictions.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Nepal, Australia, Vietnam

    El objetivo principal de la Fase 2 es seleccionar los mejores productos, a la vez que se capacita a los miembros del grupo meta a desarrollar sus empresas. Al igual que en la Fase 1, la información se recoge en las cuatro áreas de desarrollo empresarial (mercado/economía, manejo de recursos/medio ambiente, social/institucional y ciencia y tecnología) para identificar oportunidades y limitaciones y seleccionar los productos de mayor potencial.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Turkmenistan, Switzerland, Lithuania, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Italy, Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Georgia, Hungary, Europe

    FAO is conducting a series of regional and sub-regional workshops as part of the preparatory work for the country reporting to the Global Forest Resources Assessment update 2005 (FRA 2005). These regional workshops respond to requests made by many member countries during the global training session held at FAO Headquarters in Rome in November 2003.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    India, South Africa, Uganda, Guatemala, Germany

    At the request of its member countries, FAO has been carrying out global forest resources assessments (FRA) since 1947, in collaboration with countries and other partners, notably the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The global FRA reports on the worldwide status and trends of forest resources, their management and uses. It is based on nationally validated data from national forest inventories and assessments.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Fiji, Switzerland, United States of America, Chile, China, Indonesia, Australia, Colombia, Thailand, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Ecuador, India, Paraguay, Brazil, Asia, Americas, Oceania

    Over the past two decades, political developments as well as macro-economic and extra-sectoral policies have affected the forests of Asia and the Pacific to an unprecedented extent, resulting in deforestation and forest degradation. Responding to the diminishing capacity of the region's natural forests to produce timber, many countries have turned to forest plantations. Governments and their respective forest agencies are asking what it takes to encourage non-government entities to grow trees.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Fiji, Switzerland, United States of America, Chile, China, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Thailand, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Ecuador, India, Paraguay, Brazil, Asia, Americas, Oceania

    Over the past two decades, political developments as well as macro-economic and extra-sectoral policies have affected the forests of Asia and the Pacific to an unprecedented extent, resulting in deforestation and forest degradation. Responding to the diminishing capacity of the region's natural forests to produce timber, many countries have turned to forest plantations. Governments and their respective forest agencies are asking what it takes to encourage non-government entities to grow trees.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Lebanon, Costa Rica, Cameroon, Guatemala, Philippines

    This field manual contains definitions and procedures used to plan and perform a national forest inventory and assessment following the approach developed by the Forest Resources Assessment programme (FRA) of the FAO. The methodology, based on nation-wide field sampling, has already been tested and implemented in several countries since year 2000 (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Philippines, Cameroon and Lebanon).

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