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DocumentFeasibility and proposed outline of a global review of forest biotechnology 2004
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No results found.The current working definition of biotechnolology used by the FAO refers to any means of developing or using living organisms to produce or alter or improve a product or organism for a specified purpose (UNEP 1992; Schmidt 1997), which would include prehistoric plant and animal domestication. A more current perspective specifies biotechnology having commercial applications, featuring deliberate manipulation of the genetic components of living organisms or their products (IBPGR 1991; Iowa State U niversity 1994). These definitions, although accurate for the specific purposes for which they were intended, contribute to the prevalent confusion surrounding biotechnology and in particular forest biotechnology. In some cases, biotechnology is associated with genetic modification, and in others it can be used to define a broad spectrum of modern methods applicable to forest science. We propose a compromise between the two; more specific than the former, yet less utilitarian than the latter: “t he use of the whole or targeted portions of organisms to provide quantitative information and/or desired products, including the isolation and/or manipulation of specific genetic components of that organism”. -
Book (stand-alone)Towards sustainable forest management: an examination of the technical, economic and institutional feasibility of improving management of the global forest estate.
An examination of the technical, economic and institutional feasibility of improving management of the global forest estate
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No results found.This working paper seeks to define sustainable forest management(SFM) in terms of how different management objectives should be balanced and the spatial and temporal dimensions involved. The technical feasibility of SFM is discussed with reference to experiences in different regions. Its financial and institutional feasibility is also covered with regard to factors leading to market and policy failure. International aid to the forest sector is analyzed according to how it can contribute to the s ustainable management of different forest types. -
PresentationAFCAS 28: Leveraging data and statistics for agrifood systems transformation in Africa. Lessons from the WCA 2020, emerging issues and proposed outline and strategy for the WCA 2030 guidelines
African Commission on Agricultural Statistics. 28th session, 4-8 December 2023
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