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Energy crisis and Sahelian drought draw attention to rural
people's dependence on fuelwood and other tree products; drought in Africa and
flooding in Asia underline impacts of deforestation and degradation of tree
cover. |
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MID 1970s |
FAO and SIDA convene expert group on Forestry and Local
Community Development, to draw on experience of initiatives in India (Social
Forestry), South Korea (Village Woodlots), Thailand (Forest Villages), Tanzania
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Launch of FAO FLCD Programme, new World Bank forest policy,
ICRAF. |
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LATE 1970s |
1978 World Forestry Congress devoted to Forests for
People. |
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1979 FAO World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural
Development. |
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1981 UN Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, and
the FAO Fuelwood Map, focus attention on energy needs. |
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EARLY 1980s |
First generation of projects focus mainly on creating new
village level resources to meet local subsistence needs through
afforestation. |
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Accumulating experience from projects and research identifies
importance of economic dimension to farmer and communal decisions, and of
forests and trees as sources of food, income, employment and household
security. |
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MID and LATE 1980s |
Second generation of projects emphasise local control and
management of existing forest land resources, and multiple role of trees in
fanning systems. |
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Focus on working through local institutions. |