Ce numro d'Unasylva se veut en quelque sorte un reflet du Plan d'action forestier tropical puisque les articles de fond traitent du financement international an matire de foresterie (S.E. McGaughey) et des questions lies trois programmes principaux du plan, savoir, le bois de feu et l'nergie (G. Foley); l'amnagement des bassins versants, volet du programme sur la foresterie dans l'utilisation des terres (U. Chanphaka); et les industries forestires (T.M. Maloney).

This local level land resources assessment methodology (LADA-Local) was produced within the Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project. See Box 1 for the LADA project objectives and outcomes and the website http://www.fao.org/nr/lada">www.fao.org/nr/lada for further information.

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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An international journal of forestry and forest industries

Meeting symbol/code: GSPPA-II/14/ Report
Session: Sess.2

The IYS is to be a major platform for raising awareness of the importance of soils for food security and nutrition and essential eco-system functions.