According to an estimate made by the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR), the global local usage of rattan is worth US$ 2.5 billion and external trade of rattan is estimated to generate US$ 4 billion. Seven hundred million people worldwide use rattan. Most of the raw material for local processing and for supplying the rattan industry is still obtained by harvesting of unmanaged, wild rattan resources in natural tropical forests. Only a very small share is obtained from rattan plantations.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2002Angola, Fiji, Bangladesh, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Italy, Cameroon, Thailand, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Asia, Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1984Algeria, Egypt, Liberia, United States of America, Germany, Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Africa
This paper is written in fulfilment of the requirement of the Associate Regional Advisers (ARA) Programme which is run under the auspices of the Forest Industries Advisory Group (FIAG) for Africa. The objective of the Forest Industries Advisory Group is to assist African countries in promoting the growth of forest industries and their optimum contribution to economic and social development.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2001France, Liberia, Benin, Nigeria, Mali, Ghana, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Niger, Togo, Africa
La présente publication «Situation des ressources génétiques forestières de la Guinée» est issue d'un rapport national présenté à l'Atelier sous-régional FAO/IPGRI/ICRAF sur la conservation, la gestion, l'utilisation durable et la mise en valeur des ressources génétiques forestières de la zone sahélienne (Ouagadougou, 22-24 sept. 1998).
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchMarch, 2016Nepal, Liberia, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Germany, Mongolia, Asia, Africa
The VGGTs provide a paramount opportunity for reversing gender inequalities in agriculture and for promoting more gender-equitable governance of land tenure.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2007Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Guatemala, China, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Laos, Philippines, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Tanzania, Netherlands, India, Mongolia, Cambodia, Asia
Laos depends heavily on rice based agriculture systems and there is evidence that the traditional diversified diet and income base is being eroded, resulting in a negative effect on the livelihoods of the people. The opportunity to gather food in forests is diminishing and dietary diversity is being narrowed.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1993Liberia, Nigeria, Italy, Indonesia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Brazil, Austria, Africa
In the context of developing a practicable and cost effective method for obtaining a country’s forest area by remote sensing, the computer processing of NOAA AVHRR HRPT data covering Liberia was investigated. The only cloud-free scene then recorded turned out to be severely and unevenly affected by atmospheric haze. To mitigate the effects of this, the country was divided into six areas (strata) of more uniform haze conditions.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsSeptember, 2016Seychelles, Rwanda, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Somalia, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Ghana, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1995Angola, Burkina Faso, United States of America, Mozambique, Burundi, France, Ghana, Congo, Djibouti, Sierra Leone, Niger, Rwanda, Liberia, Togo, Botswana, India, Senegal, Gabon, Kenya
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Library ResourceJune, 2012Sierra Leone
The Strategic Environmental and Social
Assessment (SESA) of the mining sector in Sierra Leone was
undertaken in response to the Government of Sierra
Leone's (GOSL) request for assistance in developing its
minerals policy. The SESA will help meet long-term country
development by integrating environmental and social
considerations in mining sector reforms. The crucial aspect
of the SESA process is that the environmental and social -
Library ResourceJanuary, 2014Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is still recovering from a
brutal civil war (1991-2002), fuelled in part by a valuable
and easily extractable natural resource (diamonds). Sierra
Leone now stands on the verge of an unprecedented period of
economic growth, driven primarily by revenues from
large-scale iron ore mining. Yet it continues to face many
governance and developmental challenges. The rapid rise of
the extractives governance agenda in Sierra Leone requires
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