Review and Improvement of Data related to Wood products in Botswana


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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VIII DEVELOPMENT

Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts

EC-FAO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME (1998-2001)

Tropical forestry Budget line B7-6201/97-15/VIII/FOR

PROJECT GCP/INT/679/EC

Review and Improvement of Data related to Wood products in Botswana

By EPHRAIM MOSIMANYANA

Division of Forestry, Beekeeping and Range Ecology

Department of production and Forestry

Ministry of Agriculture

August 2000

Gabarone, Botswana

This report has been produced as an out put of the EC-FAO Partnership Programme (1998-2000) - Project GCP/INT/679/EC Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the EC or the FAO.

This paper has been minimally edited for clarity and style


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SUMMARY

1. OVERVIEW

1.1 Production, Consumption and Trade

1.2 Non Industrial Uses of Wood Products

2. CURRENT STATUS OF NATIONAL FORESTRY STATISTICS RELATED TO WOOD PRODUCTS.

2.1 Type of information presently collected related to wood products.

2.2 Existing methodologies for data collection.

2.3 Existing methods for data compilation, validation and discussion

2.4 List of stakeholders involved in data collection, analyses and dissemination.

2.5 Important wood products consumed and traded.

2.6 Most important wood industries

3. Evaluation of the data collected and the methodology used

4. Improvements of National Forestry statistics process

5. FAO’s Year book on Forest Products

References and sources

ANNEXES:

Annex 1. Contribution of wood and wooden products compared to other sectors in the manufacturing sector. (Production statistics

Annex 2. Trade Statistics (Exports

Annex 3. Trade Statistics (Imports

Annex 4.a). Trade in Secondary Processed Timber Products (Exports)

Annex 4.b). Trade in Secondary Processed Timber Products (Imports)