ETFRN NEWS 29

ETFRN-News is a quarterly publication of the European Tropical Forest Research Network:
Editor: Willemine Brinkman
Guest editors: David Newberry, Heidi Asbjøornsen
Editorial assistance:Evelyn Whyte

ETFRN Coordination Unit
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E-mail: etfrn@etfrn.org

CONTENTS

• Editorial
• ETFRN and European Commission News
• Organisations, Institutions and Projects
  • ECOSYN - A Research Project on Biodiversity and Management of West African Forests
  • Paleoforga - The Palaeoenvironments of the Forests of Gabon
  • The ECOFIT Program: Palaeoecology of Central Africa and South America
  • Botanical Diversity and Land-use in South Cameroon
  • Ecological and Biodiversity Issues for Korup National Park, Cameroon
  • Balancing Biodiversity Conservation with Forest Resource Use in Extreme High Mountain Zones: A Case Study from Pakistan
  • Research on Landscape Level Interactions between Human Activities and Biodiversity
  • Plant Species Diversity and the Utilization of Rattan Gardens in Indonesia
  • On Farmers and Biodiversity Conservation:A Case Study from Western Mexico
  • An Integrated Approach to Forest Biodiversity Conservation, Assessment and Use
  • Biodiversity Mapping Project Bonn (BIOMAPS)
  • The Miombo Woodland Subclimax of the Northern Region of Zimbabwe: A Study of its Major Plant Species and their Potential Use as Bio-indicator
  • Epiphytes and their Role for Biodiversity of Tropical Forests
  • The Utrecht University Herbarium and Biodiversity Research
  • Natural Resource Functions, Biodiversity and Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatlands
  • Soft 95 Program No.1 : Impact of Silvicultural Practices on Tree Species Diversity in French Guiana
  • The Effects of Reduced Impact Logging on Biodiversity: Results from a Pilot Study in Sabah, Malaysia
  • Indicators for Forest Biological Diversity as Tools for Sustainable Forest Management
  • Moth Sampling in Malaysia: Indicators of Forest Biodiversity under Land-use Change
  • Measuring Arthropod Diversity and Community Structure in Tropical Forest Ecosystems: a Case Study Using Moths as Diversity Indicators
  • Botanical Diversity at the international MOFEC-Tropenbos Kalimantan Project, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • A Methodology for Preparing Plant Field Guides in the Tropics
  • Fire in Moist Tropical Forests: a Progenitor or Threat to Biodiversity?
  • Forest Impoverishment by Fire - the Tropical and Global Context
  • The Atlantic Forest of South Bahia, Brazil: a Hotspot within a Hotspot
  • The Invasion of Piper Aduncum in Papua New Guinea: Friend or Foe?
  • Ecomechanical Analyses for Identifying Habitat Biodiversity in Tropical Forests
  • Global, Physiological and Molecular Responses to Climatic Stresses of Three Mediterranean Conifers
  • Evaluation and Utilization of the Biodiversity of the Microsybionts of Calliandra Calothyrsus
  • Assessment of Levels and Dynamics of Intra-Specific Genetic Diversity of Tropical Trees for Conservation and Sustainable Management
• Research Cooperation Sought
• Internet Features
• Other News
• Job Opportunities
• Publications