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…
This report looks at the future development of forestry in Uganda taking into account factors both within and outside the sector that influence change.
Conflicts over the appropriation, management and use of forest resources can pose significant constraints to sustainable forest management. Often, there are long-standing conflicts between governments, their agencies, the private sector and local communities, as well as among and within…
The paper briefly reviews the mandates and main activities of some major governmental and non-governmental international organizations concerned with the management of forest genetic resources, and the role that such organizations play in this field. It is noted that national forest genetic…
The future state of forestry in Angola is assessed in this report in the light of prevailing factors influencing its development. Implications for industry, society and the environment are discussed.
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 REP
A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.
This report describes how the introduction of transferable fishing (effort) or fish (catch) quotas has affected the capacity of the fleet prosecuting the target fishery for which the harvesting rights apply. It consists of 16 national, or national fishery, studies, describes how the…
Document technique de la FAO sur les pêches et l'aquaculture 411. Ce rapport, constitué de 23 études, décrit comment les attributions initiales de quotas de pêche (effort) ou de pêche (captures) transférables ont été effectuées dans le cadre de différents régimes de gestion des pêches à…
FAO Documento técnico de pesca 411: El informe, que consiste en 23 estudios, describe la forma en que se ha llevado a cabo la asignación inicial de las cuotas de esfuerzo transferibles o de captura con arreglo a los distintos regímenes pesqueros en diversas regiones del mundo.Disponibles solo en…
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Papers 411: The report, consisting of 23 studies, describes how the initial allocations of transferable fishing (effort) or fish (catch) quotas have been done by a variety of fisheries management regimes around the world.