Forests and water

Unasylva No. 229
Vol. 58, 2007/4

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Rome, 2007


Editor: A. Perlis
Editorial Advisory Board:
F. Castañeda, R. Czudek, T. Hofer, D. Kneeland, A. Perlis, L. Russo, T. Vahanen, P. Vantomme, M.L. Wilkie
Emeritus Advisers:
J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, C. Palmberg-Lerche
Regional Advisers:
C. Carneiro, P. Durst, P. Koné, E. Mansur, K. Prins

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Contents

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Editorial (Download- 120 KB)

I. Calder, T. Hofer, S. Vermont and P. Warren
Towards a new understanding of forests and water (Download- 616 KB)

O. Vigiak, O. Ribolzi, A. Pierret, C. Valentin, O. Sengtaheuanghoung and A. Noble
Filtering of water pollutants by riparian vegetation: bamboo versus native grasses and rice in a Lao catchment (Download- 533 KB)

N.A. Chappell and H.C. Thang
Practical hydrological protection for tropical forests: the Malaysian experience (Download- 501 KB)

FAO field projects in watershed management – some examples (Download- 378 KB)

M. Malagnoux, E.H. Sène and N. Atzmon
Forests, trees and water in arid lands: a delicate balance (Download- 537 KB)

H.M. Kangarani and T. Shamekhi
Policy proposals for integrating forest, water and people in the Tigris and Euphrates watershed (Download- 408 KB)

T.Y. Watkins and M. Imbumi
Forests of Mount Kulal, Kenya: source of water and support to local livelihoods (Download- 505 KB)

F. Kafeero
The impact of water shortage on forest resources – the case of Uganda
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S. Stolton and N. Dudley
Managing forests for cleaner water for urban populations (Download- 549 KB)

T. Stohlgren, C. Jarnevich and S. Kumar
Forest legacies, climate change, altered disturbance regimes, invasive species and water (Download- 949 KB)

M. Fernández Barrena, N. Grados, M.S. Dunin-Borkowski, P. Martínez de Anguita and P. Flores Velásquez
Can the effects of El Niño be mitigated through a system of payments for environmental services? A study of the Piura River watershed, Peru (Download- 616 KB)

P.C. Zingari and M. Achouri
Five years after Shiga: recent developments in forest and water policy and implementation (Download- 551 KB)

D.G. Donovan
Water, forests and the World Water Development Report (Download- 277 KB)

FAO Forestry (Download- 430 KB)
World of Forestry (Download- 368 KB)
Books (Download- 131 KB)