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Jamaica National Environmental Action Plan 1999-2002. .

National Policies
January, 1999
Jamaica
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
forestry
protected areas
land-use planning
land use
forest management plans
coastal areas
land registration
environment
farmland
cadastres
land management
forest land
waste (abuse)
forest conservation
private forests
The Jamaica National Environmental Action Plan (JANEAP) is a national Plan with a multi-sectoral approach. The duration of the Plan is 3 years between 1999 and 2002. The main objective of the Plan is to ensure good environmental planning and management to contribute to the sustainable development.Regarding the biological resources, forestry, watershed management, protected areas and oceans the Plan provides for different actions to be taken. A Fisheries Management Plan and an Ocean and Coastal Zone Policy will be prepared and implemented.
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What Role for Tropical Forests in Climate Change Mitigation? The Case of Costa Rica

January, 1999
Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
climate change
land use
land tenure
environment
Land and forestry-based activities could in principle play important roles as climate change mitigation strategies. In practice, however, several questions have been raised about their feasibility. Therefore, understanding the processes and determinants of land use changes is critical. This paper aims to contribute to such understanding in the larger part of a larger project on sustainable development and economic growth. It begins with a dynamic model of land use.
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Deforestation and Land Use on the Evolving Frontier: An Empirical Assessment [in Nicaragua]

January, 1999
Nicaragua, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
land
land use
land tenure
environment
deforestation
assessment
The advance of the agricultural frontier constitutes the biggest source of deforestation in Central America today. This conversion of tropical forests into agricultural land and pasture is the direct result of individual land use decisions. This paper presents a simple analytical model of household land use, followed by an econometric analysis of household survey data from the Río San Juan region of Nicaragua in order to test for consistency with the model.
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Protección a la vida silvestre: ¿los buenos juicios prácticos de los campesinos pueden contar?: el caso de la zona entre Baeza y Cosanga, Provincia del Napo, Ecuador.

Reports & Research
June, 1999
Ecuador
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
En esta tesis se investiga la presencia de valores que hace el oso de anteojos (Tremarctus ornatus F. Culvier 1825) y al maíz (Zea maíz L.) inconmensurables, razones por las cuales no se podría instaurar un sistema de compensación monetaria en pago por aceptar las pérdidas de maíz a cambio de que no se mate al animal. El área de investigación comprende parte de la zona de amortiguamiento de la Reserva Ecológica Antisana, específicamente entre los pueblos Baeza y Cosanga que se encuentran al este del Volcán Antisana, entrada al Oriente ecuatoriano.
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Consideraciones sobre impacto ambiental por efecto de las obras de regad?o en el distrito de riego Chancay-Lambayque, Per. In Spanish

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Peru
Land, Climate Change & Environment
deforestation
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Non-Wood Forest Products In Mozambique

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
France, Switzerland, United States of America, Zambia, Sweden, Zimbabwe, Germany, Indonesia, Eswatini, Canada, Malawi, Mozambique, Japan, South Africa, Tanzania, Portugal, Africa
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
A presentation of the important forest food and utility species in Mozambique with a background description of the country's forest resources
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Perspectives mondiales de l'offre future de bois issus de plantations forestières

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Angola, France, Bangladesh, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Eswatini, Canada, Ukraine, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Uruguay, Panama, Kenya, Costa Rica, Philippines, Madagascar, Laos, Myanmar, Portugal, Cuba
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
natural resources management
forestry
forest land
land improvement
Une analyse de l'état des plantations forestières ainsi que des tendances actuelles du secteur forestier aux niveaux mondial et régional. Le rapport traite des mesures à tenir en compte en ce qui concerne le développement des plantations forestières. Par ailleurs, la perspective des plantations forestières est présentée sous la forme de différents scénarios qui se basent sur la future croissance
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A roundwood production cost model for Suriname: model description and user guide

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Italy, Suriname, Netherlands, Americas
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
This report describes a model that has been produced to help forestry administration staff in Suriname to calculate roundwood production costs and economic rent. It includes a detailed description of how to use the model, which could be used in other countries.
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Les Données Statistiques sur les Produits Forestiers Non-Ligneux en Haïti

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Haiti, Americas
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
A report based on a study provided by the information gathered amongst local people in Haiti. This study describes the main NWFP (mushrooms, wild fruits as well and products of animal origin) and their means of exploitation. Forest activities and services are also described followed by a discussion of the main constraints related to NWFP. This report also attempts to formulate a vision of how to increase the well being of the forests in Haiti.
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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.