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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Italy

    The FAO Forestry Department promotes, among others, the responsible use of wood as an environmentally friendly raw material. In the last decades, wood and wood-based products have been faced with stronger competition from substitute materials, such as plastics, concrete, steel, glass or aluminium, as these materials appear to offer wider options to the customers. Some of the factors that can influence customers' decisions on what kind of end products to acquire include marketing efforts, product prices, quality, durability and image.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Egypt, Canada, Africa

    It is generally recognized that the ongoing availability of good quality natural resources and skilled work force are the two central pillars of a modern economy. This fact is recognized by senior decision makers every where and especially those managing the economies of the industrialized nations. But because of historically much stronger ties to the vast Canadian land mass and traditionally a resource-based economy, people and the governments in Canada, have been more aware of the direct linkages between a healthy biophysical environment and the good quality of life.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Indonesia, Finland, Armenia, United States of America

    La Evaluacin de los recursos forestales mundiales 2000 (ERF 2000) ha concluido, pero ya han empezado los trabajos para la prxima evaluacin mundial. La consulta de expertos sobre Evaluaciones de recursos forestales mundiales - Conjuncin de esfuerzos nacionales e internacionales, conocida como Kotka IV, reuni a expertos internacionales en julio de 2002 para considerar ideas y estrategias para el futuro. Los artculos de este nmero de Unasylva son adaptaciones para un pblico ms amplio de documentos preparados para la reunin.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Finland, United States of America

    L'Evaluation des ressources forestires mondiales 2000 (ERF 2000) est prsent acheve, mais les travaux relatifs la suivante ont dj commenc. La consultation d'experts Evaluation des ressources forestires mondiales - harmoniser les efforts nationaux et internationaux, connue sous le nom de Kotka IV, a rassembl, en juillet 2002, des experts internationaux pour examiner les concepts et les stratgies futurs. Les articles de ce numro d'Unasylva ont t adapts pour un plus large public, partir de documents prpars pour la Consultation.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Malaysia, Italy

    This case study is one of a series of publications produced by the Forest Harvesting, Trade and Marketing Branch of FAO as an effort to promote environmentally sound forest harvesting and engineering practices. The purpose of these studies is to highlight both the promise of environmentally sound forest harvesting technologies as a component of sustainable forest management, and the constraints that must be overcome in order to assure widespread adoption of those technologies.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Nepal, Laos, Bangladesh, Philippines, Malaysia, China, Italy, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Asia

    Living aquatic resources play a fundamental role in sustaining the livelihoods of many of the rural poor in Asia, providing crucial buffers to shock and food insecurity, and offering opportunities for diverse and flexible forms of income generation. As with any production-based intervention, the poorest groups face significant constraints to entry into aquaculture. However, aquaculture offers many opportunities for livelihood benefits that other sectors do not. Aquaculture technologies appropriate for poor people are now largely in place.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Kenya, Switzerland, United States of America, Uganda, Australia, Denmark, Italy, Tanzania, Poland, United Kingdom, Ghana, India, Finland, Indonesia, New Zealand

    Is a forest with 1 000 species better, and managed better, than a forest with 500 species? This issue of Unasylva looks at issues related to forest biological diversity and its conservation and sustainable use. One of the key messages is that numbers are not the only issue.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    France, Cuba, Albania, Australia, Brazil, Italy

    The recently released Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA 2000) was based on an intensive, five-year effort carried out by FAO in cooperation with national forestry agencies from nearly every country of the world, a large number of research centres and academic institutions, and a number of international, regional and non-governmental organizations.

  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2002
    Mexico, South Africa, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Germany, Zambia, Congo, Venezuela, Guinea, Sudan, India, Brazil

    The FRA 2000 estimates of forest area and change are largely based on national statistics and inventory reports, which contain detailed information on the forests of individual countries. However, differences among data sets from the various countries can be great owing to the methods applied, the terms and definitions employed and the currency of the information in the individual inventories. Despite adjustments made to accommodate these differences, uncertainties can still arise when statistics from different countries are compared, especially those relating to forest change.

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