FAO Reports
General issues | Valuation | National accounting
FAO Publications - general forest finance issues
| FAO Forestry Paper 114 Assessing forestry project impacts: issues and strategies |
| Gregersen, H M, Arnold, J E M, Lundgren, A, Contreras, A H, de Montalembert, M R, and Gow, D, (1994), E/F/S/Slovakian |
| This paper presents a framework for the evaluation of forestry projects that is broader than the economic framework described in FAO Forestry Papers 17 and 106. It describes other factors that are important in assessing the success of forestry projects and it includes sections on planning, sustainability, institutional arrangements and stakeholder analysis. The paper is not available electronically, but copies should be available at all major forestry libraries. |
| FAO Forestry Paper 106 Economic assessment of forestry project impacts |
| Gregersen, H M, and Contreras, A H, (1994), E/F/S/Portuguese |
| This paper updates the information presented in FAO Forestry Paper 17 (Economic analysis of forestry projects), to take into account recent developments in appraisal methodology, including techniques to evaluate and quantify the social and environmental impacts of projects. The paper is not available electronically, but copies should be available at all major forestry libraries. |
| FAO Forestry Paper 43 Forest revenue systems in developing countries |
| Gray, J W, (1983), E/F/S |
| This paper was produced to provide guidance to countries about how to review or update their systems of forest charges. The paper describes the many different ways that countries can raise revenue from the harvesting of forest products. The paper focuses on the production of industrial roundwood from tropical forests in developing countries and contains a number of case-studies and examples of current practice. The paper is now out of print and is not available electronically, but copies should be available at all major forestry libraries. |
| FAO Forestry Paper 17 Economic analysis of forestry projects |
| Gregersen, H M, and Contreras, A H, (1979), E/F/S |
| This paper describes and explains the main methodologies used to prepare financial and economic analyses of forestry projects. Annexes to the main report present some case-studies and a bibliography for further reading. The paper is now out of print and is not available electronically, but copies should be available at all major forestry libraries. |
| FAO Forestry Paper 1 Forest utilization contracts on public land |
| Schmithusen, F, (1977), E/F/S |
| This paper provides advice to developing countries about the negotiation and administration of forest utilization contracts. The paper contains a chapter on forest charges. The paper is now out of print and is not available electronically, but copies should be available at all major forestry libraries. |
FAO Publications - forest valuation
| FAO Forestry Paper 127 Valuing forests: context, issues and guidelines |
| Gregersen, H M, Arnold, J E M, Lundgren, A, and Contreras, A H, (1995), E/F/S |
| This paper presents information about various techniques for measuring the value of forests. In particular, it describes the techniques currently being developed to measure the value of non-market outputs from forest. The report also discusses some of the other issues surrounding valuation such as the distribution of costs and benefits amongst different stakeholders. It contains a short annotated bibliography of recent research in this area. The paper is not available electronically, but copies should be available at all major forestry libraries. |
FAO Publications - National income accounting
last updated: Tuesday, July 14, 2009