An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 52- 2001/2
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Editor: A. Perlis
Editorial Advisory Board
Forestry Department:
J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, S. Braatz,
S.A. Dembner, M. Morell,
C. Palmberg-Lerche, A. Perlis, L. Russo,
K. Warner, O. Souvannavong, M. Wilkie
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publishing: Editorial Group,
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Cover photo: Members of an artisanal
cooperative in Uganda making chairs
from rattan
FAO/17508/R.Faidutti
C.B. Sastry
Rattan in the twenty-first century - an overview
C. Renuka
Uses of rattan in South Asia
Abdul Razak Mohd Ali and R.S. Raja Barizan
Intercropping rattan with rubber and other crops
J. Dransfield
Taxonomy, biology and ecology of rattan
Abdul Razak Mohd Ali and R.S. Raja Barizan
Important rattan species of Malaysia
T.C.H. Sunderland
Rattan resources and use in West and Central Africa
A. Oteng-Amoako and B. Obiri-Darko
Rattan processing and marketing in Africa: technology
needs for a sustainable industry
B. Belcher
Rattan cultivation and livelihoods: the changing
scenario in Kalimantan
S.F. Siebert
Sustainable harvesting of wild rattan: viable
concept or ecological oxymoron?
W. Liese
Challenges and constraints in rattan processing and
utilization in Asia
L.T. Hong, V. Ramanatha Rao and W. Amaral
Research on rattan genetic resources conservation
and use: the perspective and strategy of the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute