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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    South Africa, Australia, Japan, New Zealand

    Il y a neuf mois à peine, la FAO, le GIEC, l’IUFRO et le CIFOR ont convenu de la première Rencontre d’experts sur l’harmonisation des définitions sur les forêts à l’usage des différentes parties prenantes. Pour commencer, son objectif était d’harmoniser les définitions sur les forêts en ne prenant pas seulement en considération les questions de changement climatique et d’évaluation des ressources forestières, mais aussi celles de conservation de la biodiversité et d’aménagement des forêts.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2003
    Bangladesh, Canada, United States of America

    Meeting Name: Two Side Events: 1) Bridging the Rural Digital Divide - Information and Communication in support of Rural Livelihoods (DFID) 2)International Assessment of the Role of Agricultural Science and Technology in Reducing Hunger (World Bank)
    Meeting symbol/code: COAG 2003/8

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Kenya, Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Mali, China, Netherlands

    Nutrient-balance assessments are valuable tools for delineating the consequences of farming on soil fertility. Various approaches and methods for different situations have been used. This bulletin presents a state-of-the-art overview of nutrient-balance studies. It brings out the evolution of the approaches and methods, provides for comparisons among them, features the improvements made, and highlights remaining issues. The analysis would be useful in further development of the assessment methodologies as reliable tools for devising time-scale soil fertility management interventions.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2003
    Egypt, United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, Australia, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Colombia, Kenya, Philippines, Uganda, Italy, Tanzania, Ecuador, Netherlands, India, United Kingdom, Bhutan, Mexico, Brazil

    This publication contains the proceedings of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA)/FAO International Technical Workshop on Biological Management of Soil Ecosystems for Sustainable Agriculture, which was held at EMBRAPA-Soybean headquarters in Londrina, Brazil, from 24 to 25 June 2002.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2003
    Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Italy, Africa

    Invasive tree species are now considered to be a threat to the biological diversity of Southern Africa. Most of the invasive tree species in Southern Africa were either deliberate or accidental introductions. Most of the invasive tree species are exotic, with only one or two being indigenous. These invasive exotic tree species are causing significant environmental and economic damage to the ecosystems of the region.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    France, Bhutan, Malaysia, Fiji, China, Cameroon, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Ghana, Congo, Guyana, Costa Rica, Gabon, Brazil, Africa

    La rcolte de produits forestiers, dont le bois d'uvre est l'un des principaux produits, dans les forts denses humides tropicales, est une activit importante cologiquement, socialement et conomiquement pour de nombreux pays de l'Afrique tropicale.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Nepal, Australia, Italy, Spain

    The aim of Phase 2 is to select the most promising products and gather information for their further development, identifying potential markets and means of marketing. At the end of this phase, interest groups will be formed to further develop each of the selected products, and a team will be formed to undertake Phase 3.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Australia, Italy, Vietnam, Spain, Asia

    This case study illustrates the use of the MA&D methodology to identify products and to develop viable tree, forest and home garden product enterprises at community level in Viet Nam without degrading the forest resource base and the environment. It provides examples of the methods and tools used by the facilitating team.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    October, 2003
    Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Congo, Sierra Leone, Malawi

    La définitio n de mécanismes app ropriés à la lu tte contre les activités illé gales et la corruption dans le sec t eur forestier dev rait constituer un des fondements des réformes législativ es entreprises par une majorité de pays africains. Ce nouveau cadre juridique est une des conditions préalables à la gestion durable des ressources forestières . Les principales caractéristiques des nouvelles lois sont une reconnaiss ance des valeurs sociales, écono miques et environnementales et leur intégration dans les object ifs de la gestion durable des forêts.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2003
    Burkina Faso, United States of America, France, China, Pakistan, Australia, Republic of Korea, Morocco, Mexico, Uganda, Italy, Botswana, Netherlands, Tunisia, Argentina, India, Senegal, Vietnam

    This report summarizes the findings of the e-mail conference that took place from 9 October to 4 November 2002 and which was organized by the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands project (LADA). The report contains exchanges of views on data sets and methods that may be used to assess land degradation and a discussion on the biophysical, socio-economic and institutional indicators that explain the root causes, driving forces, status, impact and reponses to land degradation at various scales.

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