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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa

    More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    France, United States of America, Spain, China, Indonesia, Australia, Ireland, Suriname, Guyana, Finland, Japan, Italy, Brazil, India, Russia, Gabon, Papua New Guinea, Canada

    Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 6

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    United States of America, Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Italy, Australia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Poland

    The main goal of biomanipulation by fish reduction is not a change in the fish community but a change in the aquatic ecosystem. Fish reduction is a method to push the system in another state, usually a shift from algae domination to macrophyte domination. Intensive fish removal is done by one of the following methods: seining (the Netherlands, Germany, UK), trawling (Sweden, Finland), use of rotenone (Norway, USA, Poland) and stocking of piscivorous fish (USA, Germany). If circumstances allow it (reservoir, ponds) draining is combined with seining (the Netherlands, UK, Poland).

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    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
    Seychelles, France, United States of America, Japan, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, Mexico, Thailand

    This Circular presents the main outcome of the Expert Consultation on Implications of the Precautionary Approach for Tuna Biological and Technological Research held in Phuket, Thailand, from 7 to 15 March 2000. The administrative Report of the Consultation is also presented in the Circular as Appendix 3.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Dominica, Bangladesh, United States of America, Spain, Grenada, Jamaica, Austria, Guyana, Costa Rica, Thailand, Kenya, Cuba, Philippines, Malaysia, Haiti, Italy, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Canada

    This document contains the proceedings of the Subregional Workshop on Land Water Information Systems (LWRIS) in the Caribbean, held in Barbados in October 2000. The meeting was organized by FAO Land and Water Development Division (AGL), in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural and Research Development Institute.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    United States of America, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Netherlands, Namibia, Africa

    The people of Botswana have always depended on the forest resource base from time immemorial and they continue to depend on it for various goods and services, chief of which continues to be fuelwood. It is said that 83% of the population in Botswana still depends on fuelwood for their energy needs. However, this valuable resource base is under threat from the rapidly expanding human population and its related sectoral agricultural and infrastructural developments, persistent annual veld fires, frequently recurring drought and the subsistence utilization of the forests.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Egypt, United States of America, Kenya, Chile, Burundi, Canada, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Comoros, Rwanda, Mauritius, South Africa, Uganda, Madagascar, Tanzania, India, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Africa

    This working paper summarises the importance of forestry to Kenya’s economy and describes the effects of other sectors on its development. The current and predicted future status of the different arms of forestry in the country are presented.

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