The incentive to organize this training course cum workshop arose as a response to consolidate the ongoing research in different Asian countries on bamboo conservation and genetic improvement. Also an opportunity was created for many of the researchers from various Asian countries to visit Yunnan...
Rao, A.N.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Bamboo - Conservation, diversity, ecogeography, germplasm, resources utilization and taxonomy: Proceedings of training course cum workshop, 10-17 May 1998, Kunming and Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China]
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Bamboo - Conservation, diversity, ecogeography, germplasm, resources utilization and taxonomy: Proceedings of training course cum workshop, 10-17 May 1998, Kunming and Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China
The working group made notable progress in the period 1995-97: new projects were formulated and carried out by partners in different countries, covering identification of species diversity, patterns of genetic variations between and within the species, identification of ex situ and in situ conser...
Rao, A.N.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Bamboo and rattan genetic resources and use: Proceedings of the third INBAR-IPGRI Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Conservation Working Group Meeting: 24-27 August, 1997, 1PGRI-APO, Serdang: and research reports]
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Bamboo and rattan genetic resources and use: Proceedings of the third INBAR-IPGRI Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Conservation Working Group Meeting: 24-27 August, 1997, 1PGRI-APO, Serdang: and research reports
This publication describes a limited number of species of bamboo and rattan selected from the several hundred in existence for priority research and development; the background details, criteria for selection of species, the major priority bamboo and rattan species selected and notes on each one ...
Rao, A.N.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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Williams, J.T.
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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International Network for Bamboo and Rattan
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[Priority species of bamboo and rattan]
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Priority species of bamboo and rattan
This joint publication by IPGRI and University of Malaya was mooted as a result of the IPGRI sponsored study on ex situ conservation of bamboo for reference, research and education executed by the Rimba Ilmu Botanic Garden of University of Malaya. The book introduces the bamboos of Southeast Asia...
Wong, K.M.
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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University of Malaya
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[Bamboo the amazing grass: a guide to the diversity and study of bamboos in Southeast Asia]
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Bamboo the amazing grass: a guide to the diversity and study of bamboos in Southeast Asia
This book examines the experience of China's forestry sector with respect to the full set of forest and nonforest policy reforrms introduced since 1978. The lessons of this book are important for China, and for the rest of the world as well. For China the analyses in each chapter provides rigorou...
Hyde, William F.
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Belcher, B.
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Jintao Xu
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[China's forests: global lessons from market reforms (Chinese)]
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China's forests: global lessons from market reforms (Chinese)
Pulse ecological events have major impacts on regional and global biogeochemical cycles, potentially inducing a vast set of cascading ecological effects. This study analyzes the widespread reproductive event of bamboo (Melocanna baccifera) that occurred in the Arakan Mountains (Southeast Asia) fr...
Fava, Francesco P.
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Colombo, R.
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[Remote sensing-based assessment of the 2005–2011 bamboo reproductive event in the Arakan mountain range and its relation with wildfires.]
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Remote sensing-based assessment of the 2005–2011 bamboo reproductive event in the Arakan mountain range and its relation with wildfires.
These proceedings of the workshop held 15-17 May, 1996 in Pokhara, Nepal focus on the roles of three important non-timber forest products-bamboo, rattan and medicinal plant-in the development of mountain areas of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya and beyond. The scope of this workshop encompassed the whole...
Karki, M.
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Rao, A.N.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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Williams, J.T.
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[The role of bamboo, rattan & medicinal plants in mountain development: Proceedings of a workshop, 15-17 May 1996, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal]
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The role of bamboo, rattan & medicinal plants in mountain development: Proceedings of a workshop, 15-17 May 1996, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal
Bamboos have often been viewed as inferior products, labeled as the "poor man's timber". Development groups have proposed bamboo production as an opportunity for increasing the wealth of the low-income groups. This paper is a study of the household economy of 200 bamboo farmers in eight township ...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Zhong, M.
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Belcher, B.
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Xie, C.
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Fu Maoyi
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Xie, J.
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[The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China]
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The role of bamboo plantations in rural development: the case of Anji County, Zhejiang, China
The cases studied show a lively bamboo sector that is expanding, contributing to employment and economic development in rural areas of China. County variations seem to indicate alternative land use options and different degrees of industrial development among them. New demands, notably for bamboo...
Ruiz Perez, M.
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Belcher, B.
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[Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China]
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Comparison of bamboo production systems in six counties in China