FOREST PRODUCTS DIVISION
NWFP home page
The NWFP home page has been
revamped and updated and is now available in French, English and Spanish. In
addition:
1. all 12 of the publications in our NWFP series are now available electronically, as are many from the regions;
2. all published issues of Non-Wood News are also online (the 1999 issue will be available shortly);
3. a comprehensive bibliography of NWFP publications has been included; and
4. in the section "Other sites", we have added a link to the FAO Forestry Department link database, which includes links to various NWFP sites.
We are giving high priority to disseminating NWFP information through our home page, and it will be updated on a regular basis.
Work is currently under way to:
� increase the quantity of online information on a country basis ("Country Info"); and
� revamp/update our database.
We welcome any suggestions or comments you may have. Please contact us at the address on the first page, or by e-mail ([email protected] ).
www.fao.org/forestry/FOP/FOPW/NWFP/nwfp-e.stm
Travel of NWFP officers
Mr Paul Vantomme was invited
by CIFOR to participate in and contribute to the "FLORES Model Design Workshop",
which was held in Indonesia from 23 January to 3 February 1999. 
The Workshop,
which was organized by CIFOR in collaboration with CIRAD and the University of
Edinburgh, was attended by 50 participants.The purpose of the workshop was to
design, implement and test-run a first working version of the 'Forest Land
Oriented Resource Envisioning System' (FLORES) model. FLORES is a software
package for modelling purposes and intended to help explore the consequences at
the landscape scale, of policies and other initiatives intended to influence
land use. A preliminary version (first full working version of the complete
model) of FLORES was constructed during this workshop while further development
continues by CIFOR and at the University of Edinburgh.
(More information on FLORES can be found at: www.cgiar.org/cifor/research/flores.)
Ms Laura Russo and Mr Sven valter travelled to Lebanon to support the organization of, and participate in, the workshop �Development and Coordination of Regional Activities on Non-Wood Forest Products in the Near East Countries�. The workshop, held from 10 to 12 May 1999, was jointly organized by FAO's Regional Office for the Near East (RNE), the Ministry of Agriculture of Lebanon, and FAO's Wood and Non-Wood Products Utilization Branch (FOPW). The workshop was a follow-up to a regional meeting on Medicinal, Culinary and Aromatic Plants held in Cairo in May 1997, also jointly organized by RNE and FOPW.
The travellers believe that the workshop was a success and represented a good opportunity for increasing the awareness among the participants of NWFPs, their increasing importance and recognition at the regional and international level, and for identifying priorities for cooperation for the promotion of NWFPs in the Near East.
(Please see under Events for more information on this workshop.)
Mr Vantomme visited India in November 1999 to review the progress and planned activities of the UNDP-funded project IND/97/966 �NWFP for Sustainable Forest Development, Rural Income Generation and Biodiversity Conservation�, with the national project coordinator and project staff.
Trade and NWFPs
The NWFP Programme, together with the Forest Products Trade
Programme, has commissioned a study entitled �Echanges de certains PFNL entre
l'Afrique subsaharienne et certains pays europ�ens�. The study, which is being
carried out by Honor� Tabuna, received funds from the FAO Regional Office for
Africa and from the Central African Regional Programme for the Environment
(CARPE).
For more information, please contact: Jim Bourke, Senior Forestry Officer (Trade Analysis), Forest Harvesting, Trade and Marketing Branch, Forestry Department, FAO.
Fax: +39-06-57055618
E-mail: [email protected]
or
Mr Honor� Tabuna, 11, rue Faubourg de Bourgogne, Orl�ans Cedex 45000, France
Fax: +33-238-499541/811576
E-mail: [email protected]
FORESTRY POLICY AND PLANNING DIVISION
After the completion of the Forestry Outlook Study for Asia and the Pacific, the FAO Forestry Department has embarked upon a similar exercise for Africa (Forestry Outlook Study for Africa [FOSA]), with funding support from the European Commission and the African Development Bank.
A series of thematic papers will provide an overview of the situation, trends and future prospects (to the year 2020) of key areas related to forest conservation and development in Africa. They will provide a regional analysis, but should also indicate differences within the region and, where applicable, present the information by subregion.
These papers will draw upon the information made available in the two FOSA baseline studies: (a) population and income/economic features; and (b) land cover and land use in Africa. The thematic papers will use the demographic, economic and land cover/land use datasets provided in the baseline documents in calculations involving these variables.
One of the thematic papers will cover NWFPs and will be an analysis of the current situation in the production and consumption of NWFPs: who are the main collectors/users, what are the main products in various parts of Africa, what are the sources (degree of domestication vs. collection from the wild), what is the level of commercialization and what are the marketing issues, degree of international trade, bioprospecting and intellectual property rights, and what are the future prospects for NWFP development.
For more information, please contact: Ms Susan Braatz, Forest Sector Analyst, Forestry Planning and Statistics Branch, Forestry Department, FAO.
E-mail: [email protected]
FAO is currently preparing a set of guidelines for the management of tropical forests for the provision of non-wood goods and services.
These Guidelines aim to provide practical advice on how to assess, manage and enhance tropical forest resources for the provision of non-wood goods and services (NWGS) in a sustainable manner. The Guidelines are limited to the humid tropics and emphasis is on production forests and/or special resource areas such as buffer zones, in which managed resource extraction is permitted.
For more information, please contact: Ms Mette L. Wilkie, Forestry Officer (Forest Management), Forest Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO.
Fax: +39-06-5705-5137
E-mail: [email protected]
The Near East and Mediterranean region has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. The region, as other parts of the world, is also encountering a number of challenges to sustainable forest management such as globalization, privatization, decentralization, liberalization and increased pressure for public participation. These challenges are changing the way forestry is conceived and implemented. Therefore the government's role in supporting and promoting local forest management is evolving.
In response to this situation, FAO organized a regional
workshop in Sana'a (Yemen) in July 1997 on �Communication and Extension for
Sustainable Forestry� with participants from seven countries in the region. The
workshop created a great deal of interest and documented that some positive
experience exists in the region that should be widely shared and disseminated.
In addition some methodologies have been developed which show promise for the
region and need to be discussed and adapted as appropriate. The workshop
concluded with a series of recommendations including the proposal of a follow-up
workshop that would be more focused. Several priority issues were raised: What
type of institutional arrangements and roles are best suited to supporting local
natural resource management (NRM)? How are local capacity and partnerships
built? What is the role of different groups and how is equity assured? What type
of communication processes and systems are needed to support and facilitate
local NRM? How can local NRM generate benefits for local communities and be
sustainable? How are benefits shared? How are support systems financed?
A follow-up workshop, �Supporting local natural resource management: institutional, communication and economic options�, was held in Fethiye (Turkey) from 1 to 5 November 1999. Its objectives were to:
� promote effective, efficient and equitable support systems for local NRM especially in the economic, communication and institutional aspects;
� enhance the sharing of information and experience;
� promote the establishment of sustainable networks to continue to exchange information and develop support materials on local NRM;
� validate a number of specific tools and techniques for promoting sustainable NRM; and
� make a series of recommendations on supporting NRM in the Region.
For more information, please contact: Forestry Extension Officer, Forest Resources Division, Forestry Department, FAO.
PLANT PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION DIVISION
Overview of GPPIS and Plantinfo databases
FAO has
collaboratively established a global, shared knowledge resource for information
on plants and pests. The Global Plant and Pest Information System (GPPIS) is
Internet-based and its design allows for implementation in a variety of
cross-platform environments, including an equivalent CD-ROM system that runs on
both Windows and Macintosh.
Procedures are being developed to enable individuals to submit interest profiles that would filter data and information according to specific needs. Plantinfo aims at developing and maintaining a platform for access to reliable information on plants and crop management within different ecologies and production systems.
Individuals are invited to participate in the GPPIS community by "adopting" a species, a discrete "layer" (topic) of information about plants, or simply by serving as public referees. Each record has a primary editor who receives a password to edit or add data by a set of protocols. The information in GPPIS is in the public domain and under the name and logo of the contributing author or institution, resulting in a public, transparent assumption of responsibility and ensuring appropriate recognition. This dynamic framework for continuous knowledge processing and sharing within the community is possible as the Internet allows the distribution of tasks to create a global resource, while concentrating and multiplying the benefits of collaboration. You are invited to comment on and join this community by contributing information _ no matter how modest.
Under "Resources" in the top left menu of the home page you will find over 490 000 entries under Bibliographic references, over 27 000 terms in the Glossary, over 3 000 pictures in the Databank, 70 methodologies and 37 GPPIS-related methodologies.
If your "favourite" plant species does not have an editor assigned, perhaps you would like to participate?
(Source: Plantinfo: a Component of FAO's Global Plant and Pest Information System. Abstract from a paper presented at Oregon State University, United States. August 1999.)
For more information, please contact: Mr Peter Griffee, Senior Officer, Industrial Crops, Crop and Grassland Service, Plant Production and Protection Division, FAO, Rome, Italy.|
E-mail: [email protected]
www.pppis.fao.org
FAO and the European Commission (EC)
In addition to
the ongoing FAO/EC Partnership Programme "Information and Analysis for
Sustainable Forest Management: Linking National and International Efforts in ACP
countries", the following project documents have been recently signed by FAO and
the EC:
� "Sustainable Forest Management Programme in African ACP countries."
The NWFP component of this project aims to produce practical guidelines to assess important NWFP in the region.
� "Information and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management: Linking national and international efforts in 13 tropical countries in Central and South America."
This project is a complementary activity to the Latin America Forestry Outlook Study.
� "Information and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management: Linking national and international efforts in South Asia and Southeast Asia."
Mauritanie
Dans le
cadre du Programme de Coop�ration technique (PCT) de la FAO, le projet
d'Appui au programme de nutrition communautaire (TCP/MAU/8892)
visant � assister le Secr�tariat d'Etat �
la Condition F�minine de la Mauritanie comporte un volet de valorisation des
ressources naturelles, v�g�tales et animales, pour la s�curit� alimentaire et la
nutrition.
Dans le cadre de ce projet, un diagnostic des ressources alimentaires locales (v�g�tales et animales, cultiv�es ou sauvages) et leurs modalit�s d'utilisation (techniques de pr�paration, fr�quence d'utilisation, caract�re saisonnier, commercialisation) sera effectu� et l'analyse des informations recueillies permettra de d�gager des propositions et recommandations pour une strat�gie int�gr�e � tous les stades de la cha�ne alimentaire (recherche, production, stockage, transformation, commercialisation, pr�paration, consommation) contribuant � la s�curit� alimentaire des m�nages.
Pour plus de d�tails, veuillez contacter: Mme Florence Egal, Fonctionnaire de Nutrition (S�curit� Alimentaire des M�nages), Service des programmes nutritionnels, Division de l'alimentation et de la nutrition, FAO.
E-mail : [email protected]
TCP/SUD/7821 �Development of gum arabic production and marketing�
FAO, through its Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP), is
providing support to the production and marketing of gum arabic in the Sudan.
The project will be finalized by mid-2000.
For more information, please contact: Mr A. Al-Fares, Regional
Forestry Officer, Regional Office for the Near East (RNE), PO Box 2223, Cairo,
Egypt.
Fax: +20-2- 7495981
E-mail: [email protected]
CPR/96/110 �Poverty
alleviation through community forestry in Western Hubei (Hefeng Community
Forestry)�
This is a three-year US$820 000 project, funded by
UNDP (US$720 000) and the Government of China, Hefeng County
(US$100 000). The China International Center for Economic and Technical
Exchanges (CICETE) is the executing agency, and the Hefeng Forest Bureau
(through the Hubei Provincial Forest Department and the State Forest
Administration) is the implementing agency. FAO is providing technical support
under an agreement with UNDP.
The project began implementation activities in March 1998 and is expected to continue until the end of 2000. The overall goal of the project is the �alleviation of poverty and the promotion and demonstration of diversified and sustainable rural production through the application of community forestry.� The project aims to:
� enhance institutional capacity of the County Government to develop, manage, and implement programmes for poverty alleviation and rural development using participatory methods;
� enhance the capacity of low-income households to increase their income to average regional levels through diversified rural production; and
� strengthen the government extension service to provide the information, demonstrations, and technical support necessary to meet the identified needs of the poor households.
The project is developing and strengthening a system of village coordinators and farmer technicians to demonstrate and extend new or improved technologies and planting materials to poor farmers in selected villages. Poor households are the primary focus of support, with efforts aimed at raising annual household incomes to more than RMB1 000. Crop diversification is a major strategy of the project, with emphasis placed on developing multi-tiered agroforestry systems suitable for the steep mountainous environment. The project is giving substantial attention to training in order to build capacity for managing the newly introduced crops. Strong emphasis is given to involving women in all project activities.
In addition to the crops traditionally grown by farmers in the area (e.g., maize, yams, tea, rice, vegetables), the project is introducing or improving farmers' management of �new� crops such as rivier giant arum (taro) and broadleaved vetch, both of which grow well under partial shade. Gingko, chestnut and Eucommia are being favoured as overstory trees because of their potential to provide economic returns to farmers, while helping to shield the fragile slopes from erosion.
For more information, please contact: Mr. Patrick B. Durst, FAO Regional Forestry Officer for Asia and the Pacific, 39 Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200, Thailand.
Fax: +66-2-2800445
E-mail: [email protected]
CIFOR's activities in the field of NWFP are mainly carried out under the research project �Forest Products and People�. In 1998, CIFOR started a global research study designed to provide insight into NWFPs and their relation to land use and local livelihood strategies.
Research in Indonesia includes a comparative study of damar agroforests in Sumatra and the collection of gaharu in East Kalimantan, a research on the potential of small-scale rattan cultivation, and the collection and marketing of benzoin.
In Bolivia, research has analysed the shift in the distribution of benefits from NTFP collection following the collapse of the Brazil rubber market in the 1980s. Today, Brazil nut collection and processing has become the most important source of income for many rural households.
In Zimbabwe, CIFOR is participating in a study of the ecological and economic impacts of a booming woodcarving industry that offers income to thousands of rural people. Other research work is being carried out in Brazil (Western Amazonia), and in the Humid Forest Zone of Cameroon.
In 1998, CIFOR published �Incomes from the Forest: Methods for the Development and Conservation of Forest Products for Local Communities�. Based on case studies from a number of organizations, it presents methods that have been used to assess the conservation and development of forest products in different contexts. The book includes a conceptual framework that illustrates the complex nature of NTFP development and conservation, with issues that must be addressed at various levels: in households, markets, local institutions and the surrounding forest. (Please see under Publications of Interest.)
For more information, please contact: CIFOR, P.O. Box 6596 JKPWB, Jakarta 10065, Indonesia.
Fax: + 62-251-622100
http://www.cgiar.org/cifor/info/research.html
Le projet � Capitalisation et Transfert des Recherches sur les Ecosyst�mes Forestiers d'Afrique Humide �, ou projet FORAFRI, (1996-1999) a �t� men� conjointement par le CIRAD-For�t (France) et le CIFOR. Son objectif strat�gique �tait la mise dans une perspective r�gionale des recherches foresti�res men�es sur le biome for�t dense guin�o-congolaise, � travers trois volets principaux :
(i) Capitalisation et synth�se des connaissances sur les �cosyst�mes forestiers en zone humide africaine et l'�tude de l'effet des traitements sylvicoles sur la dynamique des peuplements.
(ii) Valorisation et transfert des r�sultats de la recherche aux utilisateurs potentiels tel que les services forestiers, les exploitants, les communaut�s rurales gestionnaires de la for�t.
(iii) R�gionalisation de la recherche sur la gestion durable des for�ts africaines.
La phase de capitalisation et de synth�se s'est concretis�e par la r�daction de diff�rents ouvrages, synth�se et publications, dont la validation a �t� assur�e par un comit� scientifique et technique (avec repr�sentants du CIRAD, CIFOR, FAO, IUCN, ATIBT, et des institutions de recherche africaines).
Une seconde phase de FORAFRI est en pr�paration par le CIRAD en coop�ration avec les pays africains concern�s.
Une des synth�se produites par le Projet FORAFRI est l'�tude sur les produits forestiers autres que le bois d'oeuvre (PFAB) et leur r�le dans l'am�nagement durable des for�ts du Bassin du Congo.
Cette �tude qui a �galement re�u le soutien du CARPE (Central African Regional Program for the Environment) de l'USAID, concerne l'Afrique Centrale � humide � qui comprend les pays arros�s par le Congo et ses affluents, et aussi ceux arros�s par l'Ogoou�, la Sanaga et leurs affluents, soit six pays : Cameroun, Centrafrique (RCA), Congo Brazzaville, Congo D�mocratique (RDC), Gabon, Guin�e Equatoriale.
L'�tude pr�sente une synth�se des connaissances actuelles sur les PFAB : r�les socio-�conomiques, modes d'utilisation, durables ou non durables, et permet d'identifier les probl�mes sp�cifiques li�s � leur utilisation et d'esquisser des propositions en vue d'une meilleure gestion, � la fois plus rationnelle sur le plan �conomique et plus respectueuse de l'environnement.
Le premier point qui ressort de l'�tude est l'extr�me diversit� des PFAB, li�e � la richesse biologique qui caract�rise les for�ts tropicales humides du Bassin du Congo. Cette diversit� s'organise selon des relations complexes qui structurent l'�cosyst�me forestier.
Les populations locales montrent une connaissance approfondie des PFAB, �tant utilisatrices depuis souvent fort longtemps. Le mode d'acc�s � la ressource g�n�ralement d�fini par les droits coutumiers se trouve souvent en contradiction avec la l�gislation des Etats. Ce ph�nom�ne est g�n�ral � l'�chelle de la sous r�gion, et l'on retrouve des exemples de telles incompatibilit�s entre le l�gal et le l�gitime dans chacun des pays. Par ailleurs, la situation est aggrav�e par le fait que l'Etat est rarement en mesure d'assurer la bonne application des lois. Il en d�coule une situation d'acc�s libre de fait et des pratiques ill�gales � la fois nombreuses et destructrices.
L'�tude propose des solutions qui s'efforcent de prendre � la fois en compte les int�r�ts des diff�rents acteurs, en particulier des populations locales, et les imp�ratifs de conservation de l'�cosyst�me, le but �tant d'arriver � des recommandations r�alistes.
Un premier point d'importance est la prise en compte effective des PFAB dans l'am�nagement forestier. Ceci passe par une meilleure connaissance de la ressource, que l'on peut approcher gr�ce � des �tudes sp�cifiques et � une adaptation des protocoles d'inventaires, et la d�finition d'objectifs consid�rant les diff�rentes ressources du massif forestier.
Selon les objectifs aff�rents aux diff�rentes s�ries d'un massif forestier, la gestion des PFAB devra �tre protectionniste ou interventionniste, c'est � dire cherchant � am�liorer la ressource en PFAB..
Les pratiques li�es � l'exploitation doivent viser � en minimiser les impacts. Des inventaires d'exploitation doivent permettent de conna�tre la nature et la localisation de la ressource, afin d'optimiser les trac�s des pistes. Autant que possible, les techniques d'Exploitation � Faible Impact (EFI) seront utilis�es. Globalement, les op�rations sylvicoles seront l�g�res, car moins � traumatisantes �.
Les impacts indirects li�s � l'exploitation, braconnage en particulier, devront �tre r�gul�s. Enfin, il est n�cessaire de concilier les pratiques des exploitants et celles des populations locales afin d'�viter d'arriver � des situations de conflit pr�judiciables pour tous.
Pour plus d'information, veuillez contacter: Mathurin Tchatat, Charg� de recherche, Institut de la Recherche Agronomique pour le D�veloppement (IRAD), B.P. 2067 Yaound�, Cameroun ou Dr Jean-Guy Bertault, Chef du Programme For�ts Naturelles, CIRAD-For�t, Campus international de Baillarguet, Montferrier-sur-Lez, BP 5035, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 1, France.
Fax: +33 467593733
IPALAC is an outgrowth of an approach used by research scientists of Ben-Gurion University in the development of Israel's Negev desert. Since 1956 they have introduced thousands of plant species from dry and from saline environments and evaluated their potential for filling a niche in the Israeli context - either as a crop or as elements of environmental enhancement activities (landscaping and afforestation). Some years ago it was concluded that the approach used so successfully in the Negev could be applied in the global battle against desertification.
The main objective of IPALAC is the improvement of the economic, environmental and social conditions of people living in the arid and semi-arid regions of the world by enhancing agricultural productivity. The tools for achieving this objective is the improvement and/or transfer of crops and associated technologies between the world's arid lands, and a complementary program of research and development, training and dissemination.
With funding from UNESCO, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, and MASHAV (Israel's Center for International Development Cooperation), IPALAC recently organized a conference on �Combating Desertification with Plants�. Various papers presented at the conference covered the contribution of NWFP to sustainability of arid lands, and included:
� L'Arganier comme espece de reboisement des zones arides en semi-arides au Maroc, by J.E. Bouachrine
� Honey production in dry lands, by D. Eisikowitch
� Potential of non-wood forest products of the semi-arid regions of Uganda by J.P. Elokaokich
� Ethnobotany and importance of three open-forest, savannah traditional parkland, wooded-grassland and steppes species used by the local population in northern Cameroon by J.M. Fondoun et al
� Jatropha curcas Oil for fuel and other uses: the Mali experience by R. Henning.
� Medicinal plants for development in semi-arid Morocco by M. Hmamouchi
� Terfezias, a family of mycorrhizal edible mushrooms for arid zones by V. Kagan-Tsur
� The role of non-wood forest products for rural women in west Africa by N. Lamien
� Domestication of indigenous fruit trees of the Miombo woodlands in Malawi by L. Mwabumba
� Acacia Mearnsii for income generation and environmental protection in Kenya by N.M. Onchere
� Australian Acacias for human food in Niger by T. Rinaudo
� Wild silk industry by F.W. Taylor
� Adverse experience concerning the extraction of non-wood forest products in semi-arid areas by F.W. Taylor
� Biodiversity prospecting, drug discovery, conservation and sustainable development by B.N. Timmermann
For more information, please contact: Mr Arnie Schlissel, Administrative
Coordinator, International Programme for Arid Land Crops, c/o Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, PO 653, Beer Sheva, Israel 84105.
Fax: +972-7-647-2984
E-mail: [email protected]
(See Non-Wood News No. 5 for more information on IPALAC.)
ITTO facilitates discussion, consultation and international cooperation on issues relating to the international trade and utilization of tropical timber and the sustainable management of its resource base.
As a result of the complementarity between the sustainable management of timber and that of NWFP, ITTO is today involved in various projects related to NWFP (in Brazil, Panama, Philippines and Thailand).
For more information, please contact: ITTO, International Organizations Center, 5th Floor, Pacifico-Yokohama, 1-1-1, Minato-Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, 220-0012 Japan.
Fax: +81-45-223-1111
E-mail:[email protected]
www.itto.or.jp/Index.html
(Please see under Country Compass (Philippines and Thailand) for more information on ITTO projects.)
The Tropenbos Foundation was established in July 1988 in order to continue and expand the International Tropenbos Programme, which was set up by the Netherlands Government in 1986.
The main objectives of the Foundation are to:
� contribute effectively to the conservation and wise use of tropical rain forests, by generating relevant knowledge, deepening insights and developing and testing methods for forest policy and management; and
� involve local research institutions and strengthen research capacity in tropical forest countries.
Based on the needs of policy makers and forest users, the Tropenbos Foundation formulates, coordinates and finances objective oriented research programmes. In close cooperation with research institutions and governments in a number of tropical countries, several major research sites have been set up to produce results which have significance for application on a local as well as on a broader scale. Extension and training are important elements in the international and national Tropenbos programmes.
In addition to its programme at the sites, Tropenbos develops policy- and management-oriented research strategies on specific themes, such as biodiversity, NTFP and criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management.
The Tropenbos research strategy for NTFP aims to identify under what conditions commercial NTFP extraction can serve as a strategy for conservation and wise forest use. Ongoing NTFP studies at the Tropenbos sites contribute to this strategy by providing insight into various key conditions for successful and sustainable NTFP extraction. These conditions include the availability of natural resources, sustainable harvest levels, access to markets and participatory planning.
The Tropenbos projects dealing with NTFPs can be subdivided into three categories. The first group of projects deals with NTFPs as part of a more comprehensive project on indigenous forest use and management A second group of projects specifically study the potential of NTFPs. These projects are taking place in Colombia, Guyana, Cameroon and Indonesia (East Kalimantan). Finally, some studies deal with specific products and focus on aspects of their sustainable use, like bushmeat, commercial fishing and Brazil nut exploitation.
In 1997, an inventory was made of the methodologies used to provide insight into one or more of these key conditions. The overview (published as Tropenbos Document 14 early in 1998) shows that methodological choices depend on each study's specific objectives and context. Rather than providing a methodological `blueprint', the Tropenbos strategy paper for NTFP research functions as a background document, providing a general framework for the selection of research questions and the integration of site-specific studies.
NTFP publications of the Tropenbos Foundation are available at: www.tropenbos.nl/tropenbos/thementfp.html |
For more information, please contact: Jelle Maas, Network/Programme Officer, The Tropenbos Foundation, P.O. Box 232, 6700 AE Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Fax: +31-317-423024
E-mail: [email protected]
or [email protected]
www.tropenbos.nl
(Please see under Country Compass for more information on the Cameroon project and also under events and publications of interest for more information on Tropenbos.)
WCS, founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society, works to save wildlife throughout the world. With 60 staff scientists and more than 100 research fellows, WCS has the largest professional field staff of any US-based international conservation organization. WCS currently conducts more than 250 field projects in some 50 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, and North America.
WCS's strategy is to conduct comprehensive field studies to gather information on wildlife needs, train local conservation professionals to protect and manage wildlife and wild areas for the future, and advise on protected area creation, expansion, and management. Because WCS scientists are familiar with local conditions, they can effectively translate field data into conservation action and policies, and develop locally sustainable solutions to conflicts between humans and wildlife. An acknowledged leader in the field, WCS forges productive relationships with governments, international agencies, and local organizations.
For more information, please contact: Wildlife Conservation Society, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10460, USA.
www.wcs.org/