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    Non wood forest products in Africa: a regional and national overview

    Forestry Department, FAO, 2001
    The report compiles country profiles for all African countries as well as regional and sub regional aggregations. The country profiles show that statistical information on non wood forest products (NWFP) at national level is scarce and unreliable.
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    Report on the implementation of the G8 Action Programme on Forests

    Group of 8 Information Centre, 2000
    Uncontroversial asessment of the actions taken by G8 countries. Useful primarily as a catalogue of the new projects - and to a lesser degree policy initiatives - which have arisen as a result of this programme.Principle areas of activity can be loosely grouped as:monitoring and assessmentprotected areascorporate / private sector responsibilities illegal logging
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    Grey Literature Library - Fuelwood Collection

    Policy and Environment Programme, ODI, 2002
    Collection of ten papers looking at the impacts and issues arising from fuelwood use. Also case studies from a number of countries covering forest energy strategies and the development of alternatives.The papers included are as follows:Factors affecting fuelwood use in Taita, Kenya.Fleuret, A. 1983 Fuelwood use in Zanzibar town.
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    Intergovernmental actions on illegal logging: options for intergovernmental action to help combat illegal logging and illegal trade in timber and forest products

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2001
    This report presents a brief overview of the range of options for intergovernmental action to help combat illegal logging and trade in illegal timber and forest products. Actions by individual producer and consumer governments could be complemented by international collaboration.
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    Efficacy of removing natural forests from timber production as a strategy for conserving forests

    Forestry Department, FAO, 2000
    In light of several Asia Pacific nations imposing bans on logging of natural forests this study examines their experiences, assesses the impacts and outlines conditions necessary for the success of logging bans.The study found that bans had often been imposed suddenly as a response to disasters or crises resulting from past logging practices (eg. flooding or biodiversity loss).
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    Global Forest Resource Assessment 2000: main report

    Forest Resources Assessment and National Forestry Action Plans (NFAP), FAO, 2001
    Main paper presenting methods and findings from the latest FAO assessment of global forest resources. The report analyses base data from over 200 countries to produce country, sub-regional, regional and global summaries.Some global findings for each parameter examined are oulined here: Forest area - 3.9 billion hectares, or approximately 0.6 ha per capita.
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    Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems

    Wageningen University, Netherlands, 2001
    Evidence suggests that major ecosystems can shift to alternative and contrasting stable states depending on environmental conditions. The authors propose a theoretical model for these shifts.
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    Land, people and forests in Eastern and Southern Africa: a study of the impact of land relations upon community involvement in forest future

    Land Rights in Africa, Oxfam, 2000
    Examines the relationship of people’s rights in land to the manner in which they may be involved in the management of forests in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and to a lesser degree Botswana and Swaziland.Includes examination of property relations, state power, land reform, recognition of customary rights, the changing nature o
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    Equity and efficiency in contract farming schemes: the experience of agricultural tree crops

    Overseas Development Institute, 2000
    This paper reviews the experience of contract farming and outgrower schemes for five agricultural tree crops: cocoa, rubber, palm oil, coffee and tea. The primary objective of the paper is to draw lessons from this experience to inform similar schemes with tree crops. The paper asks two main questions: how does contract farming work and who benefits?
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    Fruit and tree nuts report

    Economics, Statistics and Market Information System, USDA Economics and Statistics System, 1999
    This full-text report provides current intelligence and historical data, and forecasts the effects of changing conditions on US fruit and tree nuts sector; covers production, consumption, shipments, prices received, etc.

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