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Appendix 4. List of current and ongoing activities

Activities

Title

Country

Launching date

Submission date

Output

Pilot or case studies







Second inventory of permanent sample plots

Cambodia

March 2001

April 2001

Brief report and raw data for further processing and analysis

Data analysis of trees in homegardens

Sri Lanka

November 2001

January 2002

Report

Assessing the extent of private sector forest plantations in Peninsular Malaysia - Development of and effective data collection methodology

Malaysia

August 2001

January 2002

Report

Assessing the status of logged-over production forests - Development of a rapid appraisal technique

Malaysia

February 2001

March 2001

Report

Economic contribution of selected NTFPs in India

India

September 2001

December 2002

Local workshop and report

Evaluation of forest and natural resource data and information flow in the Philippines

Philippines

September 2001

March 2002

National workshop and report

Environmental and socioeconomic impacts of biofuel use in Southeast Asia

Philippines

May 2001

April 2001

National workshop and report


Regional studies





Review of statistical information on forest products and trade

Thirteen countries

November 2001

February 2001

Thirteen country reports and one regional overview

Impact of incentives on the development of forest plantation resources in the Asia-Pacific region. Study is jointly funded by EC-FAO Partnership Programme, FAO Regular Programme, the USDA Forest Service, and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). The EC-FAO Partnership Programme provides funds for the study coordinator, Dr. Devendra Pandey, and the country studies denoted with an asterisks

Australia China India* Indonesia Malaysia (Sabah)* New Zealand Philippines* Thailand* USA

November 2001

August 2002

Country reports, overview report, executive summary, presentations at the 19th Session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission in august 2002 in Mongolia

Statistical data collection and analysis on non-wood forest products

Twelve countries (no study in Malaysia)

April 2001

December 2002

Twelve country reports and one regional overview

National statistics on forest products

Thirteen countries

November 2001

March 2002

Thirteen country reports and one regional overview

National woodfuels & wood energy information analysis

Thirteen countries

December 2001

March 2002

Thirteen country reports and one regional overview


Training






Preparation of a training manual on assessment methods for trees outside forests (TOF)

India

November 2001

December 2001

Training manual to be used for training workshop in 2002

Improving forestry statistical systems

Thailand

May 2002


Improved communication flows

Geographical Information Systems applications

Thailand

April 2002


Improved data handling and manipulation

Assessment of forest conditions - Application of rapid assessment tools

Malaysia

July 2002


Improved data collection, analysis and dissemination

Assessment of trees outside forests - Application of practical and cost-effective methods

India

May 2002


Improved data collection, analysis and dissemination

Forestry statistics for Ms. Parijat Chuntaketta

Switzerland and Italy

April 2002


Effective coordination of forestry statistics network


National workshop

Information and analysis for trees outside forests in India - National workshop to review and coordinate TOF assessment activities

India

January 2001

April 2001

National workshop and workshop report


Regional workshop


Forest policy analysis

Malaysia

22 to 24 January 2002


Workshop report and initiation of country reports on policy reviews

Impact of incentives on the development of forest plantation resources in the Asia-Pacific region

Philippines

19 to 21 March 2002


Review of draft documents prepared under regional project


Study tour

Forestry statistical and information system in Peninsular Malaysia

Malaysia

May 2002


Study tour organized for 4 Laotian and 4 Cambodian forestry officials

Note: Activities in italics only started in 2002


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