United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
The State of World's Forests, 1999Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
PART I: SITUATION AND PROSPECTS FOR
FOREST CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Status of forest
resources and recent developments in forest condition
Status of
efforts to assess global forest resources
Management of
natural forests
Forest
plantations
The role of
forest resources in fragile ecosystems
Forests'
roles in mitigating global climate change
Non-wood
forest products: a look at medicinal plants
Contribution
of woodfuels to the energy sector
Trade in
forest products: current issues and influences
Future
supply and demand for industrial roundwood and wood products
PART II: POLICY, PLANNING AND
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
Developments
related to national forest planning
Recent policy
issues
Emerging
trends in forest legislation
New role and
structure for forest administrations
Effects of
decentralization on forest management
Trends in
forestry research and technology transfer
Preparing
foresters for change: adapting education and training programmes to new demands
PART III: THE INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE
AND INITIATIVES ON FORESTS
Developments in
international conventions and agreements
Developments
in criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management
Other
initiatives
Background
Analysis of
the adequacy of legal instruments
Identifying
international forest issues
Prerequisites
for further progress
Options for
an international forest regime
Some key
questions for consideration
PART IV: FORESTRY IN REGIONAL
ECONOMIC GROUPS
This section
presents summary information on forest cover and forest products (production and trade)
for the 11 regional economic groups listed below.
In each case, the figures for imports and exports take into account the value of
international trade with all countries,
including those within the regional group. The regional economic groups covered are:
European
Union (EU)
Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS)
Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Common
Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
League of
Arab States
South
Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Association
of Southeast-Asian Nations (ASEAN)
South
Pacific Forum (SPF)
Latin
American Economic System (SELA)
Caribbean
Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
ANNEXES
ANNEX 1:
Acronyms
ANNEX 2:
Definitions
ANNEX 3:
Data tables
Editing, design, graphics and desktop publishing:
Editorial Group,
FAO Information Division
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FAO, Rome (Italy)
State of the World’s Forests 1999
ISBN 92-5-104193-8
(State of the World’s Forests)
ISSN 1020-5705
1. Forest resources
2. Forestry development
3. Forestry policies
4. Forest protection
5. World
I. Title
II. Series
FAO code: 36
AGRIS: K10
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