For additional information on capacity building see…

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a multilateral development bank. Both ADB and AFP share the common development agenda of promoting sustainable economic growth, environmental protection and regional cooperation.

• Asian Development Bank Forest Sector Investments and Human Welfare in Asia and Pacific: An Untold Story. Paper for the XII World Forestry Congress [PDF, 50kb], Quebec, Canada, September 2003, by Javed H. Mir.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) leads international efforts to defeat hunger and better the lives of rural people. Serving both developed and developing countries, FAO promotes sustainable rural development and agriculture (including forestry).

• Forestry education - responding to changing needs                

• Reduced impact logging (RILNET)

• Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management

• Regional Project Assistance for implementation of Model Forest Approach for Sustainable Forest Management

• Trends in Forestry Education in Southeast Asia 1993-2002: a survey of 35 universities and colleges in six countries (2003) 

• FAO Model Code of Forest Harvesting Practice, Dennis P. Dykstra and Rudolf Heinrich, 1996

• Regional Strategy for Implementing the Code of Practice for Forest Harvesting in Asia-Pacific, Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission - APFC 2000/6

• Code of Practice for Forest Harvesting in Asia-Pacific, RAP PUBLICATION: 1999/12

• Development of National-Level Criteria and Indicators for the Sustainable Management of Dry forests of Asia - Background Papers. Committee on ForestryRAP Publication - 2000/08

• Applying reduced impact logging to advance sustainable forest management (RAP Publication: 2002/14)

• Practical Guidelines for the Assessment, Monitoring and Reporting on National Level Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Forest Management in Dry Forests in Asia (RAP Publication 2003/15) 

The mission of the United Nations University (UNU) is to contribute through research and capacity building to efforts to resolve pressing global problems that are of concern to the United Nations and its member states.

• Training and Research Capacities for Forestry Policy Development in Countries with Economies in Transition

• World Forests, Society and Environment Program (WFSE)

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