Proceedings of the workshop on forests for poverty reduction: opportunities with CDM, environmental services and biodiversity

	RAP PUBLICATION 2004/22 Proceedings of the Workshop Forests for Poverty Reduction: Opportunities with Clean Development Mechanism, Environmental Services and Biodiversity 27-29 August 2003 Seoul, Korea Editors H.C. Sim, S. Appanah and Y.C. Youn Jointly organized by Seoul National University Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific Korea Forest Economics Society Northeast Asia Forest Forum

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC Bangkok, 2004
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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1 Welcome address
Don-Koo Lee

2 Introduction - beyond community forestry
S. Appanah

3 Poverty reduction by tropical forests: rhetoric or a viable option?
Matti Palo

4 Making markets for forest communities: linking communities, markets and conservation in the Asia-Pacific region-The RUPES project
F.J.C. Chandler

5 How forest producers and rural farmers can benefit from the Clean Development Mechanism
M. Satyanarayana

6 Policy support for enhancing economic returns from smallholder tree plantations using carbon credits and other forest values
Promode Kant

7 Market mechanisms and assessment methods for environmental services from private forests in Australia
Rodney J. Keenan, Stuart Davey, Alistair Grieve, Brendan Moran and Jim Donaldson

8 Carbon budgets of tropical forest ecosystems in Southeast Asia: implications for climate change
Rodel D. Lasco and Florencia B. Pulhin

9 Forests for poverty reduction in Nepal: policies, programmes and research
Ramesh Shakya