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Beyond sustainable forest management: opportunities and challenges for improving forest management in the next millennium (SUMMARY REPORT)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
France, Austria, Sweden, Germany, China, Indonesia, Peru, Finland, Nepal, Japan, South Africa, Malaysia, Italy, India, Russia, Brazil, Canada
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
A concise summary of the state of knowledge and experience concerning sustainable forest management, prepared as an input to the World Bank's Forest Policy Implementation Review and Strategy. An overview of experiences gained from different forest management systems is given, followed by a discussion of the outlook for forest resources and for forest product markets. Market, policy and institutional failure is analysed and appropriate responses are outlined. Finally, approaches to international co-operation are discussed.
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FAO Meeting on Public Policies Affecting Forest Fires

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Honduras, United States of America, Zambia, Argentina, Ukraine, China, Belarus, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy, Poland, Nicaragua, India, Turkey, Brazil
forestry
land cover mapping
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Legal bases for the management of forest resources as common property

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Nigeria, United States of America, Nepal, Zambia, Gambia, Bolivia, Guatemala, China, Tonga, Guinea, Ethiopia, Niger, Panama, Kenya, Albania, Italy, Tanzania, Syrian Arab Republic, India, Senegal, Mexico, Brazil
Forest Tenure
decentralization
public ownership
natural resources management
land tenure
forestry
poverty
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Asia-Pacific Forestry Statistics Compendium: Volume I - Socio-Economic, Resources and Non-Wood Products Statistics

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Dominica, Fiji, Bangladesh, Tuvalu, Mauritius, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Suriname, Cook Islands, Comoros, Guyana, Cape Verde, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Palau, Marshall Islands, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Jamaica, Sao Tome and Principe, Cuba, Malta, Guinea, Uruguay, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Bahrain, Kiribati, Haiti, Nauru, Saint Lucia, India, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Bhutan, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
land use
A synthesis of available data on social and economic factors, forest resources and nonwood forest products production and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. This study draws together information from a variety of statistical databases and from country and thematic studies in this working paper series. With the most important overall regional statistics tabulated is intended as a convenient starting point for analysts.
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Modernization of irrigation system operations: proceedings of the fifth ITIS network international meeting

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
France, United States of America, Iraq, Chile, China, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Romania, Iran, Pakistan, Thailand, Nepal, Jordan, Cyprus, Philippines, Malaysia, Mexico, India, Turkey, Brazil, Asia
water management
The central message which emerges from this meeting was that modernization is above all an issue of human-ware. It is quite noteworthy to see that, although most participants to the meeting were engineers, almost every paper and almost all questions and points of discussion dealt with institutional, development and sociological issues and were not focussed on techniques. The issue of human-ware can be further expanded into complementary directions.
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Transfer of irrigation management services

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Bangladesh, Nigeria, United States of America, Chile, Germany, Peru, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Niger, Colombia, Thailand, Philippines, Turkey, Japan, Madagascar, Italy, Netherlands, India, Sudan, Mexico
natural resources management
water management
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Tropical forest management techniques: a review of the sustainability of forest management practices in tropical countries

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mauritania, Mali, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Vietnam, Guyana, Italy, Thailand, Rwanda, Philippines, Malaysia, Somalia, Gabon, Ecuador, India, Senegal, Togo
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
An assessment of the state of forestry in terms of management of different forest types for the sustainable supply of goods and services. The sustainability of current practices are discussed and recommendations and technical requirements for improved management are outlined
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Committee on Forestry, 14th Session, Report

Reports & Research
December, 1999
Algeria, Angola, France, Bangladesh, Switzerland, United States of America, Zambia, Chile, Guatemala, China, Australia, Canada, Venezuela, Republic of Korea, Finland, New Zealand, Turkey, Albania, Italy, Argentina, India, Senegal, Austria
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 1999 REP
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Le pluralisme et la foresterie et le développement rural durables

Reports & Research
December, 1999
Slovenia, France, Switzerland, United States of America, Zambia, Mali, Sweden, Germany, Indonesia, Bolivia, Austria, Finland, New Zealand, Japan, Turkey, Philippines, Italy, India, Sudan, Uganda, Norway
natural resources management
rural development
These proceedings reflect the broad range of disciplines, institutions and geographical regions represented at the workshop. The proceedings will hopefully provide insight for governments, NGOs, the private sector, local organisations and other actors on how to manage and participate in pluralistic forestry systems in order to further the goals of sustainable forestry for development.