Towards Sustainable Management and Development of Tropical Secondary Forests in Anglophone Africa

 

 

The Nairobi Proposal for Action

 

 

Derived from the Results of the Workshop on
Tropical Secondary Forest Management in Africa: reality and perspectives

Nairobi, Kenya, 09 -13 December 2002
Rome, Italy
October 2003

 

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Photo cover by H. Simons
Inside photos by Coert Geldenhuys


Contents


CONTEXT
Background
The Nairobi Workshop
Workshop objectives
Status of the Nairobi Proposal

TROPICAL SECONDARY FORESTS IN AFRICA
Status and importance
Definition and Typology

KEY ISSUES TO ADDRESS
Policy and Institutional Issues
Social and Economic Issues
Technical and Ecological Issues

Abbreviations

Contacts

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