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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VIII DEVELOPMENT |
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Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts |
EC-FAO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME (1998-2001)
Tropical forestry Budget line B7-6201/97-15/VIII/FOR
PROJECT GCP/INT/679/EC
Review and improvement of data related to wood-products in Nigeria
By R.O. ARUOFOR
August, 2000
This report has been produced as an out put of the EC-FAO Partnership Programme (1998-2000) - Project GCP/INT/679/EC Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the EC or the FAO.
This paper has been minimally edited for clarity and style
Introduction
1. The Importance of Forestry Statistics
1.1. Overview of wood products in Nigeria2. Current Status of forest statistics in Nigeria
1.2. Exports and Imports
2.1. Institutional Arrangement and Issues.3. Nigerian wood products data bases
3.1. Existing Methodologies for data collection.4. Practical Measures
4.1. Constraints in Data Collection in Nigeria5. Suggestions for Improvement
6. Conclusions and Recommendations
7. References and Sources of Wood Based Forest Statistics
