ETFRN NEWS 31

ETFRN-News is a publication of the European Tropical Forest Research Network that appears three times a year:
Editor: Willemine Brinkman
Guest Editor: Val Kapos
Editorial assistance:Evelyn Whyte

CONTENTS

• Editorial
• Message from the chairman, ETFRN and European Commission News
• Organisations, Institutions and Projects
  • Dead or alive? The uncertain future of the Arabian juniper woodlands
  • Conservation and sustainable use of Mediterranean forest in Israel
  • Low forest cover in the Philippines: Forcing issues and responses at the country level
  • Low forest cover in the Philippines: Issues and responses at the community level
  • Institutions and natural resources in the Miombo region
  • Trees outside forest
  • A food for all seasons
  • Baobab: The tree that hides the scrub
  • Regional partnership for Albertine rift montane forests
  • Forest management in Uganda
  • Important bird areas in Kenya
  • Strategic private efforts for the conservation of Paraguyan biodiversity
  • Plantas do nordeste: Brejos and caatingas research on the biodiversity of forest ecosystems of the semi-arid region of northeast Brazil
  • The caatingas of northeast Brazil: Is a governement conservation policy for the area now in sight?
  • Plantas do nordeste: Subprogramme for information, dissemination and training (SIDT)
• Research Cooperation Sought
• Internet Features
• Funding
• Other News
• Publications

Cover illustration: An example of a 'healthy' juniper woodland in the northern mountains of Oman. Due to widespread and extensive dieback, few such stands can now be found. Photograph by Martin Fisher.

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