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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERT CONSULTATION
SPECIES PROFILES RATTANS
(Palmae: Calamoideae) Terry C.H. Sunderland and John
Dransfield
GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO RATTAN - THE BIOLOGICAL BACKGROUND TO EXPLOITATION AND THE HISTORY OF RATTAN RESEARCH
John Dransfield
RATTAN GENETIC
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND USE IPGRI'S PERSPECTIVE AND STRATEGY
L.T. Hong, V. Ramanatha Rao and W. Amaral
ITTO's
EXPERIENCES IN PROMOTING TROPICAL NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS
Hwan Ok
Ma
STATUS OF RATTAN RESOURCES AND USES IN AFRICA AND ASIA
STATUS OF RATTAN
RESOURCES AND USE IN WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
Terry C.H. Sunderland
RATTAN AS
SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY IN AFRICA: THE NEED FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS
A. Oteng-Amoako and B. Obiri-Darko
STATUS OF RATTAN
RESOURCES AND USES IN SOUTH ASIA
C. Renuka
DEGRADED
TROPICAL FOREST AND ITS POTENTIAL ROLE FOR RATTAN DEVELOPMENT: AN INDONESIAN
PERSPECTIVE
Toga Silitonga
COUNTRY REPORT ON THE STATUS OF
RATTAN RESOURCES AND USES IN MALAYSIA
Abdul Razak Mohd Ali and Raja Barizan R.S
RATTAN RESOURCES
OF THE PHILIPPINESTHEIR EXTENT, PRODUCTION, UTILIZATION AND ISSUES ON RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT
Florentino O. Tesoro
THAI RATTAN IN
THE EARLY 2000
Isara Vongkaluang
RATTAN IN EAST
KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA: SPECIES COMPOSITION, ABUNDANCE, DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH
IN SOME SELECTED SITES
Johan L.C.H. van Valkenburg
REVIEW OF POLICY, INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS GOVERNING THE RATTAN SECTION
HARVESTING WILD
RATTAN: OPPORTUNITIES, CONSTRAINTS AND MONITORING METHODS
Stephen F. Siebert
RATTAN IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY -
AN OUTLOOK
Cherla B. Sastry
POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RATTAN
M.N.
Salleh
IDENTIFICATION AND DISCUSSION ON REQUIRED ACTIONS TO ENHANCE THE
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RATTAN SECTOR
KEY ISSUES FOR
ACTION
Wulf Killmann
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX 1
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
APPENDIX 2
SUMMARY NOTES PREPARED BY THE SECRETARIAT
APPENDIX 3
OUTPUT OF THE THREE
WORKING GROUPS