by
Frank H. McKinnell
December 2002
Forest Genetic Resources Working Papers
Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Forest Resources Development Service
Forest Resources Division
Forestry Department
Working Paper FGR/38E
FAO, Rome, Italy
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For quotation:
FAO (2002) Status and Trends in Indicators of Forest Genetic Diversity. Document prepared by Frank H. McKinnell. Forest Genetic Resources Working Papers, Working Paper FGR/38E, Forest Resources Development Service, Forest Resources Division. FAO, Rome (unpublished).
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2. DEVELOPMENT OF GENETIC DIVERSITY INDICATORS
African Timber Organization (ATO)
Dry Forests Asia Process
Dry Zone Africa Process
International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
Lepaterique Process
Montreal Process
Pan-European Process
Tarapoto Proposals
Near East ProcessCenter for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Canada
United States of America
Australia
India
Tarapoto Proposals
Lepaterique Process
3. REVIEW OF THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR GENETIC DIVERSITY INDICATORS
4.1 EFFECTIVENESS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY INDICATORS IN CURRENT CRITERIA AND INDICATOR PROCESSES
4.2 QUANTITATIVE GENETIC DIVERSITY INDICATORS