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Developing needs-based inventory methods for non timber forest products

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Table of contents

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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3. ACRONYMS

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4. OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP

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5. REPORT OF THE MEETING

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    5.1 BACKGROUND TO THE WORKSHOP 9
    5.2 DEFINITIONS 9
    5.3 FORMAT AND STRUCTURE OF THE MEETING 9
    5.4 THE BIOMETRICS OF NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT RESOURCE ASSESSMENT 10
        Summary of review paper presentation 10
        Identifying research gaps 11
        Research topics 12
    5.5 DEMAND AND CONSTRAINTS FOR NTFP ASSESSMENT: SUMMARY OF PAPERS PRESENTED 13
        Participatory non-timber forest product inventory in rural development forestry 13
        Presentation on natural resource monitoring concepts and tools of Veld
        Products Research & Development
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        Data needs for national strategic planning and policy development 14
        Information for international NTFP monitoring –
         with special reference to reporting on global forest resources (FRA)
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    5.6 PLENARY DISCUSSIONS 15
        Specific points of clarification on the review 15
        General discussion of issues 16
        Discussion of possible approaches to the development of NTFP inventory methods 18
        Specific discussion of the research topics presented in the review 21
    5.7 WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND RESEARCH PRIORITIES 22
        Group 1 – Macro level research 22
        Group 2 - Community level research 24
        Group 3 – Species/Product level research 26
        Summary of group outputs 28
    5.8 SUMMING UP OF WORKSHOP

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6. CONCLUSIONS EMERGING FROM THE WORKSHOP

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7. OUTPUTS OF THE WORKSHOP 31
    7.1 RESEARCH AREAS PROPOSED 31
    7.2 FURTHER ISSUES RAISED

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    7.3 PROPOSED POST WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES
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8. POST-WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES 35
    8.1 EMAIL DISCUSSION 35
    8.2 OTHER REPORTED ACTIVITIES 37
9. REFERENCES

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10. ANNEXES

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ANNEX 1 AGENDA

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ANNEX 2 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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ANNEX 3 RESEARCH THEMES IDENTIFIED BY DR J WONG

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ANNEX 4 WELCOMING ADDRESS BY DR EL HADJI SENE, FAO

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ANNEX 5 THE BIOMETRIC RIGOUR OF CURRENT NTFP INVENTORY METHODS:
               OVERVIEW OF REVIEW PAPER AND IDENTIFIED RESEARCH THEMES

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ANNEX 6 PARTICIPATORY NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT INVENTORY IN
               RURAL DEVELOPMENT FORESTRY

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ANNEX 7 NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING CONCEPTS AND TOOLS OF
               VELD PRODUCTS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

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ANNEX 8 DATA NEEDS FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING AND
               POLICY DEVELOPMENT

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ANNEX 9 INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL NTFP MONITORING –
               WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO REPORTING ON GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES (FRA)
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ANNEX 10 ADDITIONAL PAPERS TABLED AT THE MEETING 81
    Non Wood Forest Products in East Kalimantan, Indonesia 81
    Miombo Woodland Utilisation by Small-Scale Farmers 86
    Wild Edible Fungi, Miombo Woodland and Rural Livelihoods 89
    Research and Development Needs for Non Timber Forest Product
     Inventories in Mozambique's Miombo Woodlands
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    Statistical Information on Non Wood Forest Products 95

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