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Forests and the Millennium Development Goals: Could do better!
James Mayers

A . All Millennium Development Goals

Forests and the Millennium Development Goals
David Kaimowitz

Forests, livelihoods and the MDGs in Tanzania and Lao PDR
Edmund Barrow, R.J. Fisher, Lucy Emerton, and Andrew Ingles

Do forests contribute to achieving the MDGs? Some arguments from German Development Cooperation
Wibke Thies and Evy von Pfeil

Building local capacity to address the Millennium Development Goals: The International Model Forest Network
Brian Bonnell, Christa Mooney and Peter Besseau

Conservation and development in the Congo Basin forest: can multiple MDGs be reached?
Jeffrey Sayer, Bruce Campbell, and Marieke Sandker

Development of small and medium forest enterprises for poverty reduction
Dietmar Stoian & Jason Donovan

Forestry and poverty reduction: Can we lead the way?
William Street

B. Poverty reduction (MDG1)

Forest-based poverty alleviation and the Millennium Development Goals
Mirjam A.F. Ros-Tonen and K.F. Wiersum

Black Gold, a case study
Rosalind Wilson

Prunus africana harvest on Mount Cameroon and the Millennium Development Goals
Tieguhong Julius Chupezi Ousseynou Ndoye and Mambo Okenye

New forests, employment and MDGs
Herry Purnomo

The wealth of the dry forests: how African dry forests can contribute to the Millennium Development Goals
Lisa Petheram, Bruce Campbell, Daniel Tiveau and Crispen Marunda

Woodfuels and livelihood and sustainability goals
Michael Arnold

Forests for poverty reduction: opportunities in the Asia-Pacific Region
Rowena Soriaga and Peter Walpole
Institutional restrictions faced by Amazonian communities for managing their forests
Gabriel Medina, Benno Pokorny and Bruce Campbell
Pongamia -a potential biofuel tree for India
Ajit, Nighat Jabeen and A.K.Handa
Supporting community NTFP enterprises in the Amazon
Daniela Gomes Pinto and Peter H. May
What contribution does successful NTFP commercialisation make to the MDGs?
Elaine Marshall, Kathrin Schreckenberg and Adrian Newton
What contribution does participatory forest management make to the achievement of the MDGs?
Kathrin Schreckenberg and Cecilia Luttrell
Yield and economics of growing Eucalyptus camaldulensis by smallholder farmers of Amhara Region, Ethiopia
Asaye Asnake
Promoting sustainable management of indigenous dry forest in Southern Africa: a SADC project experience in addressing poverty and environmental degradation
Frank Brodbeck
C. Education and health (MDG 2,3,4,5,6)

Tropical forests and human health
Carol J. Pierce Colfer, Douglas Sheil and Misa Kishi

Logged to death: the impacts of the tropical timber industry on human health
Simon Counsell

Medicinal plant biodiversity, local healthcare and the MDGs
Gerard Bodeker

Urban forestry and greening: towards achieving The Millennium Development Goals
Michelle Gauthier

Forestry, primary schooling and the MDGs
Peter Taylor

D. Environment and global partnerships (MDG 7,8)

Forest-based small and medium enterprise associations
Duncan Macqueen

Low-cost vegetative propagation and forest biodiversity conservation
Ronald Bellefontaine

Contribution of indigenous community logging to Millennium Development Goals: The case of indigenous groups in Bolivia
Diego Pacheco

How protecting and managing community forests in Eastern Nepal has contributed to achieving the MDGs
Bernd-Markus Liss and Wibke Thies

Can better management and production of Gum-Arabic in Sub-Saharan Africa contribute to reaching the MDGs?
Didier Lesueur and Ben Chikamai

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