This paper contains the main results of a FAO study on staple food prices and real wages in Afghanistan during the period 1996-2002 based on information collected weekly by WFP in all major cities (Kabul, Herat, Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sherif and Faizabad).
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.
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.
The South African forest sector makes a meaningful contribution to the economy of the country and has huge potential in the development of our impoverished rural areas. In South Africa, rural development poses an enormous challenge, a challenge that has not been successfully met by a great number of other developing countries.
The damage caused by illegal activities and corrupt practices in the world’s forests is a problem of enormous proportions. In many parts of the world, forest exploitation is dominated by rampant illegal harvesting, large-scale violation of trade regulations both domestically and internationally, fraudulent practices abetted or condoned by government officials and other destructive activities in violation of applicable laws. This paper is concerned with one facet of this complex problem–how important is legislation in the fight against destructive and corrupt forestry practices?
Water - Source of food security. World Food Day: 16 October 2002
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
水产养殖发展中应用更加综合性方法的理由是强有力的：海岸带水产养殖己给国家经济和海岸带人民带来了巨大利益；水产养殖极易遭受其他资源使用者所产生的污染的损害；如果不对之进行良好地设计与管理，它可能产生污染和护散疾病；其影响通常是有限的，但却是增值性和累积性的；而且它通常是在一些资源所有权或使用权未得到充分定义和不明确的地区运作的。把水产养殖纳入到海岸带管理的努力，能够有助于改善现行和未来水产养殖发展中对渔场及其他资源的先择、保护和分配。
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
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.
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