9788170354994 - Rattan: Curent Research Issues and Prospects for Conservation (2 Ergebnisse)

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Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Acknowledgements. List of acronyms. I. Introduction and summary of the results of the expert consultation. II. The resources its uses and present action programmes 1. Species Profiles Rattan/Terry C.H. Sunderland and John Dransfield. 2. General introduction to Rattan the biological background to exploitation and the history of Rattan research/John Dransfield. 3. Challenges and constraints in Rattan processing and utilization/Walter Liese. 4. Presentation of INBAR's Programme on Rattan/I.R. Hunter and Y. Lou. 5. CIFOR Research forest products and people Rattan issues/Brian Belcher. 6. Rattan genetic resources conservation and use IPGRI's perspective and strategy/L.T. Hong V. Ramanatha Rao and W. Amaral. 7. ITTO's experiences in promoting tropical non timber forest products/Hwan Ok Ma. III. Status of Rattan resources and uses in Africa and Asia 1. Status of Rattan resources and use in West and Central Africa/Terry C.H. Sunderland. 2. Rattan as a sustainable industry in Africa the need for technological interventions/A. Oteng Amoako and B. Obiri Darko. 3. Status of Rattan resources and use in South Asia/C. Renuka. 4. The status of the Rattan sectors in Lao People's Democratic Republic Vietnam and Cambodia with an emphasis on Cane supply/Tom Evans. 5. Degraded tropical forest and its potential role for Rattan development an Indonesian perspective/Toga Silitonga. 6. Country report on the status of Rattan resources and uses in Malaysia/Abdul Razak Mohd Ali and R.S. Raja Barizan. 7. Rattan resources of the Philippines their extent production utilization and issues on resource development/Florentino O. Tesoro. 8. Thai Rattan in the early 2000/Isara Vongkaluang. 9. Rattan in East Kalimantan Indonesia Species composition abundance distribution and growth in some selected sites/Johan L.C.H. van Valkenburg). IV. Review of policy institutional and socio economic aspects governing the Rattan section 1. Harvesting Wild Rattan opportunities constraints and monitoring methods/Stephen F. Siebert. 2. Rattan in the twenty first century an outlook/Cherla B. Sastry. 3. Policy and institutional framework for sustainable development of Rattan/M.N. Salleh. V. Identification and discussion on required actions to enhance the sustainable development of the Rattan sector 1. Key Issues for action/Wulf Killmann. Conclusions and recommendations. Appendices. This volume contains the outcome of the Expert Consultation on Rattan Development held at FAO Rome from 5 to 7 December 2000 which was jointly organised with the International Network on Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR) and co funded by the Sweedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The report includes a summary of discussions recommendations and background papers and is organised according to the four thematic areas considered by the consultation resources uses and present action programmes country reports on the status of Rattan resources and uses in Africa and Asia Review of Policy institutional and socio economic aspects governing the Rattan sector and Identification and discussions on required actions to enhance the sustainable development of the Rattan sector. The 20 background paper give a comprehensive overview of the situation and prospects for the development of the Rattan sector in Africa and Asia. 272 pp.