Issue No 8 June 2001
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Issue No 8 June 2001 |
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has been compiled by Tina Etherington and Miguel A. Trossero , Wood
and Non-Wood Products Utilization Branch (FOPW) of the FAO Forest Products Division.
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SPECIAL FEATURES
� Afforestation of arid wastelands through energy plantations: a case study from India
� IEA Bioenergy
FORESTS BRANCH OFF ... into carbon sequestration and substitution
� Climate change and forestry listserv - CLIM-FO-L
�
CLIM-FO-L highlights
� COP6
� Carbon sequestration in
forests - ten most frequently asked questions (continued)
�
Estimating GHG emissions reduction of domestic biomass
�
"Sinks"
� Developing synergies between carbon sinks and
sustainable development through forest certification
� International Symposium
on Carbon Sequestration Measurement and Monitoring in Forest
Ecosystems
NEWS AND NOTES
� How many people use
fuelwood for cooking?
� AFBnet
� Amergas
� Biodiesel
� FAO and the European Commission
(EC)
� Fuel cell technology
� Global review of household energy
�
LEAP 2000
� Micropower - Is small beautiful?
� Renewable Energy Development Institute
� Renewable energy information resource tools
� Shell Foundation Sustainable Books for
Africa project
� Stoves
� Thomas R. Miles Award
� Training
�
Transforming biomass to ethanol?
� UN Foundation approves new funding for UN
projects
� Unified Wood Energy Terminology (UWET)
� Wood energy textbook
� Woodheat
� World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10)
�
World Sustainable Energy Day
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