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No Thumbnail AvailableDocumentAccommodating multiple interests in forestry 1998In December 1997, FAO hosted a workshop, Pluralism and Sustainable Forestry and Rural Development. to exchange information and experiences and to explore mechanisms, methods and fore for optimizing cooperation among the different groups concerned with the management of forest resources. The workshop was attended by 35 participants representing different organizations (and organizational types, geographic regions and disciplines). The articles in this issue of Unasylva are adaptations of papers p resented at that workshop.
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No Thumbnail AvailableDocument10th World Forestry Congress 1991As in the past, the Unasylva issue immediately preceding the World Forestry Congress examines a number of the broad challenges facing forestry. In an interview, FAO Director General Edouard Saouma considers the world forestry situation and highlights the Organization's priorities for work in forestry over the coming decade. The cutting edge of FAO's forestry activities is exemplified in the assistance provided to member countries; M.K. Muthoo, Director of the FAO Forestry Operations Service, des cribes the recent evolution of the department's field programme. M.R. de Montalembert, Chief of the FAO Forestry Planning and Institutions Service, analyses some of the major issues underlying the need for forest policy reforms in the 1990s. J. Sayer of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) offers an NGO perspective on the conservation and protection of the tropical rain forests. The increased attention dedicated to forestry in the media, although well-meaning, has brought with it a number of basi c misconceptions. L.S. Hamilton of the East-West Center sets the record straight on eight forestry issues that are currently making headlines. J. Gadant, Secretary-General of the Organizing Committee of the Tenth World Forestry Congress paints a portrait of the French forestry situation, which will serve as a backdrop to the Congress. Finally, a special separate of forestry statistics is included with this issue.
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Book (stand-alone)Exploring options for joint forest management in India 2005
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No results found.The study was designed in the context of sustainable development in the Central Tribal Zone of India,which has nearly 40 percent of the forest area of the country and is inhabited by nearly 90 percent of thecountry’s total tribal population. The long-term objectives were to improve the lot of the forest-dwellers,living in conditions of abject poverty, and, of course, conserve biological diversity of the region. Theimmediate objectives were to study the strengths and weaknesses of alternative for ms of forest managementsystems from technical, ecological, social, economic and capacity building perspectives. The study alsoinvestigated organizational and institutional mechanism to make forestry an effective instrument forsustainable rural livelihood.
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