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  1. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001
    Cameroon, Middle Africa, Africa

    Femba John of Babungo village in Cameroon explaining to Martha Chindong how a dispute over access has left the villagers with no clean water source.

  2. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001
    Cameroon, Middle Africa, Africa

    Building roads can bring new opportunities to remote and poorly developed areas, but for people whose land they cross, they can be very costly. This report covers a road building project in Cameroon, where farmers reacted angrily to a new road, especially as they were not properly compensated for their losses.

  3. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001
    Cameroon, Middle Africa, Africa

    Jin Jokwi Simon, the provincial chief for water and sanitation in North West Cameroon, explaining that irrigated agriculture may soon raise the issue of water rights in the province.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Benin, United States of America, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Venezuela, Finland, Cameroon, Nepal, Philippines, Uganda, Belize, Italy, Ecuador, India, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil

    The last decade has witnessed a steep increase in interest and activities concerning NWFPs. The current interest in NWFPs amongst conservationists, foresters, development workers and indigenous peoples' groups has prompted numerous initiatives aimed at promoting NWFP use and commercialization as a means of improving the well-being of rural populations and, at the same time, conserving existing forests.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Switzerland, Nepal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Guatemala, Canada, Venezuela, Namibia, Finland, Cameroon, Kenya, Philippines, Uganda, Belize, Gabon, India, Mexico, Ghana

    La dernière décennie a connu une augmentation considérable de l'intérêt et des activités concernant les produits forestiers non ligneux (PFNL). L'importance actuelle des PFNL pour les conservateurs, les forestiers, les acteurs du développement et les populations indigènes a suscité de nombreuses initiatives, ayant pour objectif de promouvoir l'utilisation et la commercialisation des PFNL, comme des moyens pour améliorer le bien-être des populations rurales et, en même temps, conserver les forêts existantes.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Mauritius, Mauritania, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Eswatini, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Guinea, Ethiopia, Comoros, Malawi, Cape Verde, Liberia, Libya, Lesotho, Uganda, Rwanda, Somalia, Madagascar, Cameroon, Tanzania, Botswana, Eritrea, Senegal, Chad, Gabon, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Zambia, Gambia, Mali, Burundi, Sao Tome and Principe, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Kenya, Morocco, Niger, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Central African Republic, Sudan, Côte d'Ivoire, Africa, Global

    This regional study presents an overview of the socio-economic importance and ecological impact of the use of non-wood forest products (NWFP) in Africa. The document consists of two main parts: i) presentation of background information on the programme activities and analysis of the available information on the regional and sub-regional level (both in English and in French); and ii) presentation of data on NWFP on the national level (so-called “country profiles”, available in either English or French).

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Burkina Faso, Benin, Nigeria, Mauritania, Gambia, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Djibouti, Guinea, Ethiopia, Niger, Eritrea, Cape Verde, Kenya, Somalia, Italy, Cameroon, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Africa

    This first edition of a synthesis document, compiling a status of forest genetic resources in the Sahelian and North-Sudanian zone of Africa and a sub-regional action plan for the sustainable management of these resources, is the fruit of a process undertaken at the initiative of countries in the sub-region, towards a better consideration of the important but complex issues linked to forest genetic resources.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Benin, Switzerland, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Guatemala, Indonesia, Bolivia, Canada, Venezuela, Namibia, Finland, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Belize, Ecuador, India, Gabon, Ghana

    Esta publicatión pretende servir como material de referencia en el campo de los inventarios de recursos de productos forestales no madereros (PFNM).

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Yemen, Mali, Senegal, Mexico, Indonesia, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Guinea, Benin, Niger, Cameroon, Saudi Arabia, Africa, Asia

    Information is provided on why to involve traditional leaders in the decentralisation and restructuring process. The extent to which this may be happening anyhow (by default) is part of the research hypotheses that guided fieldwork, which have not found to be relevant in all countries.

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Gabon, Congo, Cameroon, Africa

    An overview of the social, economic and political environment for forestry in Cameroon today, with a discussion of the future outlook for plantations, protected areas and the forest industry.

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