Forest research has to change in response to the increased interest of society in the management of forestland. The president and the vice president of IUFRO, the Assistant Director-General for Forestry in the FAO and the Past Director-General of CIFOR discuss key issues. IUFRO should become a cl...
Burley, J.
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Seppala, R.
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El-Lakany, H.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Krott, M.
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[Voicing interests and concerns: challenges for forest research]
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Voicing interests and concerns: challenges for forest research
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[La recherche forestiere au sein du Groupe Consultatif pour la Recherche Agricole Internationale (GCRAI)]
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La recherche forestiere au sein du Groupe Consultatif pour la Recherche Agricole Internationale (GCRAI)
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[IUCN guidelines for sustainable use of wild species: a comment on the application of these guidelines to forestry]
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IUCN guidelines for sustainable use of wild species: a comment on the application of these guidelines to forestry
This paper examines the needs for forest science for the 21st century and ways of organising research to meet them. The world of the 21st century will be one of knowledge-based societies and globalised economies. The need for global stewardship of the environmental and social values of forests is...
Byron, R.N.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Organising forestry research to meet the challenges of the information age]
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Organising forestry research to meet the challenges of the information age
Six brief articles envisage forests and forestry in 2050 in Africa (Umeh; Omoluabi), Asia and the Pacific (Salleh). Europe (Prins), Latin America and the Caribbean (Tomaselli), the Near East (Abdel Nour) and North America (Dombeck; Moad). A final section by Sayer discusses the future management o...
Umeh, L.I.
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Omoluabi, C.
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Salleh, M.N.
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Prins, C.
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Tomaselli, I.
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Abdel Nour, H.O.
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Dombeck, M.
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Moad, A.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Forests and the future: regional perspectives]
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Forests and the future: regional perspectives
The world is moving towards knowledge-based societies. Economies are globalising. The global public goods value of forests is being recognised at the same time that traditional role of state forest agencies in production forestry is declining, in part being taken over by multi-national corporatio...
Byron, R.N.
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Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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[Forest science research needs and priorities for sustainable forest management]
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Forest science research needs and priorities for sustainable forest management
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Forest resources, science and technology, and sustainable development]
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Forest resources, science and technology, and sustainable development
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
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Byron, R.N.
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[Responding to change: new visions for forestry institutions]
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Responding to change: new visions for forestry institutions
Long and consultative planning processes have been undertaken to develop priorities for strategic forestry research in Africa. The results have contributed to the development of CIFOR's medium-term plan, so that there seems to be a good match between Africa's needs and CIFOR's intentions. The pol...