FORESTRY DEPARTMENT Non-Wood Forest Products Programme DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS RELATED TO NON - WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS A PILOT STUDY IN SURINAME By Caroline M. Rahan-Chin Faculty of Technology Adek University of Suriname, Paramaribo Under the supervision and coordination of Fritz Horsten, Sven Walter and Johan Lejeune Food and Organization Organization of the United Nations Rome, Italy With financial support of EC-FAO Partnership Programme Project GCP/INT/679/EC "Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts" Project GCP/RAF/354/EC "Programme Sustainable Forest Management in African ACP Countries" June 2002

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Table of Contents

FOREWORD
SUMMARY
RÉSUMÉ

1. INTRODUCTION
2. CURRENT STATUS OF NWFP IN SURINAME

2.1 Legislation and regulations
2.2 Definition of NWFP and related terms
2.3 Classification of NWFP
2.4 Organizations and Institutions involved in the collection and analysis of statistical data

2.5 NWFP OF MAJOR NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

3. EXISTING METHODOLOGIES ON NWFP DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS IN SURINAME

3.1 Procedures for the export of NWFP
3.2 Points of statistical data collection
3.3 Data collected: the example of living animals (Macawas)
3.4 Major constraints
3.5 Summary
3.6 What can be done to improve the availability of statistical data?

4. PROPOSED METHODOLOGY FOR STATISTICAL DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Institutional infrastructure
4.3 Points of Data Collection
4.4 Data Required
4.5 Design of new database
4.6 Linking existing databases
4.7 Data collection forms
4.8 Identification guide
4.9 Data conversion
4.10 Working group
4.11 Training
4.12 Forest Management and Monitoring Plan

5. CONCLUSIONS
6. RECOMMENDATIONS
7. REFERENCES
8. ANNEXES

8.2 H-99 Form
8.3 Enig Document
8.4 Wildlife Application Form