FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2005

Contents

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Foreword

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Acknowledgements

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Summary

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PART I
SITUATION AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FOREST SECTOR

Forest resources

Global Forest Resources Assessment update 2005

New guidance for estimating carbon stock changes in forests

Secondary forests in tropical regions

Forests and trees in small island developing states

Asia’s new woods and fibres

International trade in non-wood forest products

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Management, conservation and sustainable development of forests

Sustainable forest management and the ecosystem approach

Forest landscape restoration

Forestry and ecotourism: expanding opportunities in developing countries

Biosecurity and invasive forest tree species

Biotechnology in forestry

Wildland fires

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Institutional issues

Trends in privatization in the forest sector

Trends in forestry administration

Efforts to improve forest law compliance

Creating national frameworks for forests under the Kyoto Protocol: challenges ahead

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International forest policy dialogue

A historical perspective

United Nations Forum on Forests

Collaborative Partnership on Forests

What the policy dialogue has yielded

National Forest Programme Facility - a growing partnership

Update on forest-related international conventions and agreements

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PART II
SELECTED CURRENT ISSUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR

Enhancing economic benefits from forests: changing opportunities and challenges

Forests and forestry in national economies

Factors that affect value capture

Economic benefits to forest resource managers

Conclusion: value, utility and economic benefits

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Realizing the economic benefi ts of agroforestry: experiences, lessons and challenges

Examples of economic benefits of agroforestry practices

Multiple stakeholders and multiple criteria for assessing benefits

Lessons learned, challenges and opportunities

Conclusions

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Economics of wood energy

Overview of wood energy

Economic value of wood energy production

Economics of wood energy production and consumption in developing countries

Economics of wood energy production and consumption in developed countries

Future strategies and policies

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Tariffs and non-tariff measures in trade of forest products

Import tariffs and tariff escalation: attempting to meet international obligations

Non-tariff measures: capturing the potential

Policies that affect trade and non-tariff measures

Trade and sustainable forest management

Conclusions

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Forests and war, forests and peace

Tragedy of violent conflict

Geography of violent conflict

Forests and violent conflict

Impact of armed conflict on forests

Post-conflict

Forests for peace – a strategy for action

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ANNEXES 1
Annex 1: Acronyms

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Annex 2: Data tables

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