Proceedings of the workshop on forests for poverty reduction: changing role for research, development and training institutions

RAP PUBLICATION 2005/19

PROCEEDINGS OF THE WORKSHOP

FORESTS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION:
Changing Role for Research, Development and Training Institutions

17 - 18 June 2003
Dehradun, India

Editors
H.C. Sim, S. Appanah and N. Hooda

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Bangkok, 2005

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Jointly organized by
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)
Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions (APAFRI)
Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific (FORSPA)

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@ FAO 2005

ISBN No: 974-7946-76-9

For copies of the report, write to:

Patrick B. Durst
Senior Forestry Officer
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
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Bangkok 10200
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CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. Welcome address
R.P.S. Katwal

2. Introduction: towards forestry institutions for the twenty-first century
S. Appanah

3. In forestry lies the prospect of economic progress
Padam Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt

4. Forestry for poverty alleviation - role of research institutions
A.K. Rana and Neelu Gera

5. Forestry research intiatives for poverty reduction
P.K. Shukla and S.S. Bisen

6. Environmental goods and services forpoverty alleviation: R&D issues
Promode Kant and R.P.S. Katwal

7. JFM and poverty alleviation: an analysis
Mudit Kumar Singh

8. Wood science and technology R&D can contribute to poverty alleviation
K. Satyanarayana Rao

9. NWFPs for poverty alleviation: research issues
P.P. Bhojvaid