Registry Files (Correspondence). Directorate of Forestry, Windhoek. Primary source.
The District Forestry Officers collect data in the field, e.g. from concessions and individual permit holders. Primary source.
Forest Inventory Reports. Directorate of Forestry, Windhoek. Primary Source.
The Directorate of Forestry's Inventory and Mapping Section is carrying out forest inventories in the wooded areas of the northern parts of the country.
Strategic Plan. Directorate of Forestry, Windhoek. Secondary source.
Forest Policy. Directorate of Forestry, Windhoek.
Draft Forest Act. Directorate of Forestry, Windhoek.
A Guidebook for Manufacturers in Namibia. 1998. Ministry of Trade and Industry. Windhoek. Primary source.
A survey was carried out in 1993 to assess the manufacturers in the country. Dealers in wood products are listed in this document. However, the list needs updating.
Forest policy for Sustainable Utilisation of the Woodlands and Savannahs of Namibia: A Study on Consumption Patterns of major Wood and Wood Products in Namibia. J. Klaeboe, R. Omwami 1997.
This is both a primary and secondary source. Information was obtained from both secondary sources as well as from questionnaires sent out to respondents in 1996.
Forest Permit System. Directorate of Forestry, Windhoek. Primary source. The system captures data from permit data sheets and produces summary reports.
Report on Apparent Consumption of Wood Products in Namibia. B. Siyambango. Directorate of Forestry. March 1996. Both primary and secondary source. Some data were obtained directly from the producers, importers and distributors of wood products.
1997/98 Annual Report, Directorate of Forestry. Windhoek.
The Role of Wood Energy in Africa. Forest Department. Wood Energy Today for Tomorrow (WETT). Regional Studies. July 1999. FAO Working paper FOPW/99/3. (Reference to Definitions, Conventions and Conversion Factors?).
First National Development Plan (NDP1) Volume 1. 1995/1996-1999/2000. National planning Commission. Windhoek. Namibia.
Personnel consulted:
Ministry of Trade and Industry: Ms. A.S. Ipinge and Mr. E. Haihambo Tel: 2837326
Ministry of Finance (Customs and Excise): Mr. I Murangi, Tel 2092130
National Planning Commission Secretariat: Ms. Hilda Ampweya, Economist. Tel: 2834025
