World Forests, Markets and PoliciesMatti Palo, J. Uusivuori, G. Mery Springer Science & Business Media, 2001 M12 31 - 490 pages In the 1990s the world community has arrived at a particularly in developing countries and in econo historical turning point. Global issues- the decline mies in transition. These three organizations have of biological diversity, climate change, the fate of different backgrounds and focuses, but have found forest peoples, fresh water scarcity, desertification, it relevant and rewarding to their core operations to deforestation and forest degradation - have come collaborate in WFSE activities. The intention of to dominate the public and political debate about these organizations is to continue supporting the forestry. In the economic sphere, forest industries WFSE research and developing the mutual collab have assumed global dimensions. oration. The World Forests, Society and Environment In the year 2000,WFSE took on anewchallenge, Research Program (WFSE) is a response by the re extending its research network to involve five new searchcommunity to thisglobalization. The WFSE Associate Partners: the Center for International slogan 'Globalization calls for global research' re Forestry Research (CIFOR) in Indonesia;the Cent flects both the means and the end of the program. er for Research and Higher Education on Natural The program is involved in promoting and execut Resources of Tropical America (CATIE) in Costa ing research in different parts of the world, and Rica; the International Centerfor Research inAgro through its publications and communications net Forestry (ICRAF) in Kenya; the World Forestry work, linking researchers worldwide. |
Contents
2 Resources of the Temperate and Boreal Forests 2000 | 16 |
Janis Gravitis and Tarcisio Della Senta | 23 |
Prospects of Biotechnology | 40 |
Uitto | 47 |
IMPORTANCE OF FORESTS | 59 |
1 Carbon Sinks in Different Forest Ecosystems in Latin America | 68 |
2 Forging a Strategy of Sustainability in Mexican Forests | 82 |
Timber Plantations Timber Supply and Forest Conservation | 89 |
5 From Agarradas and Wood Smuggling to Conservation with Communal Development | 291 |
7 Phenology and Photosynthesis of Six Tree Species in the Amazonian Flood Plains | 304 |
Forest Policies in Malawi Mozambique Tanzania and Zimbabwe | 311 |
9 Land Tenure and Sustainable Use of Farm Land and Forest in Namibia | 327 |
10 Forest Plantations and Restoration of Biodiversity on Degraded Lands of Ethiopia | 337 |
X | 351 |
Special Reference to China | 353 |
the Opposite of Multiple Use? | 365 |
GLOBAL FORUM | 105 |
Forests and Water | 113 |
Forest Sector Projects | 121 |
The United States Initiative on Joint Implementation Forest Sector Projects | 133 |
Valuing the Multiple Functions of Forests | 149 |
REGIONAL FORUM | 163 |
an Economic Historical Review | 193 |
World Trade Flows of Forest Products | 207 |
Economic Crises Small Farmers and Forest Cover in Cameroon and Indonesia | 219 |
Forest Cover and Agricultural Technology | 231 |
3 Forest Change Detection | 239 |
Management of Secondary Forests in Colonist Swidden Agriculture in Peru Brazil | 263 |
Municipal Governments and Forest Management in Bolivia and Nicaragua | 279 |
11 Australias Expanding Plantation Estate | 371 |
Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Products in the United States Pacific Northwest | 385 |
Sustaining Outdoor Recreation and Forests in the United States | 395 |
12 Harvesting Fees for Public Timber in Canada | 407 |
Urban Forestry in Europe | 413 |
Changes in Wood Resources in Europe with Emphasis on Germany | 425 |
13 Forest Policy Objectives and Institutions in Finland 19171997 | 437 |
Forest Resources for Employment and Regional Development | 443 |
15 Forest Research Capacities in 18 European Countries | 452 |
Reforms in Support of Sustainable Forestry in the Russian Federation | 469 |
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