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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2000
    Angola, Burkina Faso, Benin, Mauritania, Gambia, Burundi, Canada, Guinea, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Italy, Niger, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Kenya, Morocco, Japan, Comoros, Eritrea, Tanzania, Zambia, India, Senegal

    Meeting symbol/code: ARC 00 5

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Africa

    Based on the information collected during a survey in the Republic of Guinea, this study concentrates on the country's main NWFPs. Among these are medical plants, tooth picks, cola nuts, shea tree nuts, honey, food plants, palm wine, bushmeat, rattan, bamboo, and wild fruits. Also, past, present and future tendencies are investigated in relation to consumption, commercialisation and export of these products. Furthermore, national legislation surrounding NWFP is analysed as are the potentials and weaknesses of the information gathering process.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Niger, Africa

    Methods for the collection and analysis of wood product data in Niger are discussed in this country report. It is organised in two main sections: The country's wooden resources and their potential uses and the analysis of past, present and future trends with their respective subsections. A conclusion is given demonstrating the effects of wood fuel use at the economic, social and environmental levels.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Morocco, United States of America, Philippines, Japan, Germany, China, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Niger

    A broad range of actions that can aid in the efforts to end hunger are described in this issue of Food, Nutrition and Agriculture. Improving the methods and tools to work drectly with food-insecure households is critical. For decades, growth monitoring has been practised by community health workers in many developing countries. Authors show how techniques for assessing children's growth status can be made more effective.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Mali, Niger, Ghana, Africa

    This report comments on the situation of forest products in Niger. The first part of the report analyses the current uses and importance of forest products in the country followed by a special review on wood production and its uses. The later part looks into the collection, analysis and dissemination process and evaluates the methodologies used during the process. The most important products are also looked into in detail followed by some suggestions on how the overall process could be improved.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2000
    Angola, Estonia, Bangladesh, Luxembourg, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Latvia, United Kingdom, Congo, Belarus, Niger, Central African Republic, New Zealand, Mozambique, Zambia, Finland, Brunei Darussalam, Botswana, Cambodia, Senegal, Chad, Kuwait
  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Namibia, Niger, Cameroon, Africa

    In the search for effective natural resource management strategies, it has become apparent that local communities have a critical role to play in sustainable forest management. Community-based forest management has emerged in the past decade as an effective approach for the management of tree and forest resources.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Angola, France, Mauritius, Kenya, Mali, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Congo, Djibouti, Malawi, Niger, Seychelles, Rwanda, Lesotho, Madagascar, Togo, Botswana, Comoros, Gabon, Africa

    Proceedings of the meeting including a summary of the resulting recommendations and the text of papers presented

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