Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in Dry-Zone Africa. UNEP/FAO Expert Meeting. Nairobi, Kenya, 21-24 November 1995













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United Nations Environment Programme

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Rome, 1996

REPORT ON THE UNEP/FAO EXPERT MEETING ON CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN DRY-ZONE AFRICA

held at

UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
21-24 November 1995

(Organized in collaboration with IUFRO)

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Acronyms

Recommendations

I. Introduction

II. Opening of the Meeting

III. Election of Chairman and Rapporteurs

IV. Adoption of Agenda

V. Overview of Existing International Schemes of Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management

VI. Discussion on the Relevance, Development and Utilization of Criteria and Indicators for Dry-zone African countries

VII. Proposed Criteria and Indicators at regional scale

ANNEX 1. Agenda

ANNEX 2. List of Participants

ANNEX 3. FAO/UNEP Secretariat Note on Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in dry-zone Africa1/

Appendices

1. Tables with Forest Cover of African Countries
2. List of countries situated in the African dry-zone region.