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Table of contents
| 1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
4 |
| 2.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
7 |
| 3.
ACRONYMS |
8 |
| 4.
OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP |
9 |
|
5. REPORT OF THE MEETING |
9 |
| 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 |
14 |
| 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) |
15 |
| 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 |
29 |
| 6.
CONCLUSIONS EMERGING FROM THE WORKSHOP |
30 |
| 7. OUTPUTS OF THE WORKSHOP | 31 |
| 7.1 RESEARCH AREAS PROPOSED | 31 |
| 7.2
FURTHER ISSUES RAISED |
33 |
|
7.3 PROPOSED POST WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES |
33 |
| 8. POST-WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES | 35 |
| 8.1 EMAIL DISCUSSION | 35 |
| 8.2 OTHER REPORTED ACTIVITIES | 37 |
| 9.
REFERENCES |
38 |
| 10.
ANNEXES |
39 |
| ANNEX
1 AGENDA |
39 |
| ANNEX
2 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS |
40 |
| ANNEX
3 RESEARCH THEMES IDENTIFIED BY DR J WONG |
44 |
| ANNEX
4 WELCOMING ADDRESS BY DR EL HADJI SENE, FAO |
51 |
| ANNEX
5 THE BIOMETRIC RIGOUR OF CURRENT NTFP INVENTORY METHODS: OVERVIEW OF REVIEW PAPER AND IDENTIFIED RESEARCH THEMES |
52 |
| ANNEX
6 PARTICIPATORY NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT INVENTORY IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT FORESTRY |
59 |
| ANNEX
7 NATURAL RESOURCE MONITORING CONCEPTS AND TOOLS OF VELD PRODUCTS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT |
71 |
| ANNEX
8 DATA NEEDS FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT |
77 |
| ANNEX
9 INFORMATION FOR INTERNATIONAL NTFP MONITORING – WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO REPORTING ON GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES (FRA) |
79 |
| 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 |
91 |
| Statistical Information on Non Wood Forest Products | 95 |