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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
Wood Products review and improvement of data related to wood products in Uganda
By Paul DRICH1
Forestry Officer
Forestry Department
December, 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.
Introduction
Overview
1. Current status of national forestry statistics related to wood products
1.1. Type of Information2. Evaluation of the data collected and the methodology
1.2. Existing methodology for data collection
1.3. Data compilation, validation and dissemination
1.4 Export and Import of Wood Products.
1.5. Data Synthesis, Analysis and Dissemination.
1.6. Wood products produced, consumed and traded
1.7. Active Wood Industries
2.1. Information reliability3. Improvements of the National Forestry Statistics Process
2.2. Strengths and Weaknesses in the existing system
2.3. Reporting:
2.4. Data dissemination and Users
3.1. Proposals for practical improvement of the system.4. References and Sources
5. FAO’s Year Book of forest Products
5.1. Review of the FAO data
5.2. Comments on the accuracy of the data
5.3. Validation and updating of the information
5.4. Sources of data
