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EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VIII DEVELOPMENT |
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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 Namibia
Moses Chakanga
Directorate of Forestry
Windhoek, Namibia
July, 2000
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
Background
A) The EC-FAO Partnership Programme (1998-2000)1. Overview
B) Forestry Development in Namibia
C) Status of wood products data
1.1. Forest resources
1.2. Wood products
1.3. Imports and exports
2. Current Status of National Forestry Statistics related to Wood-products
2.1. Type of information presently collected at local and national level related to wood-products
2.2. Existing methodologies for data collection
2.3. Existing methods for data compilation, validation and dissemination.
2.4. Ministries, departments, agencies, organisations, NGO's and other national institutions involved in collection, analysis and dissemination of data related to wood-products.
2.5. The most important wood-products produced, consumed and traded
2.6 The most important wood-industries presently active in the country
3. Evaluation of the data collected and the methodology used
3.1. Evaluation and assessment of the reliability of the currently available information on wood-products4. Improvements of National Forestry Statistics Process
3.2. Strengths and weaknesses in the existing system of national data collection, analysis and dissemination.
3.3. How data is used and disseminated to other related agencies, to the public, press, etc.
4.1. Proposed practical, cost effective, measures for improvement of data collection, data processing and regular dissemination of statistics related to wood-products.5. References and sources
4.2 How these proposals can be integrated into the existing organisation.
6. FAO's Yearbook on Forest Products
7. Conclusion
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