European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) Newsletter (Number 4)

European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) Newsletter Number 4 Code: NL94021 Size of Files: Text: 62K Graphics: No Associated Graphics Files Contents: * The World Rainforest Movement The World Rainforest Movement (WRM) is an international network of citizen's groups campaigning to defend the rainforests. It is based in the Third World Network (TWN) and Asia Pacific Peoples Environment Network in Penang, Malaysia.... * The Brazilian Agroforestry Network REBRAF Established in 1988, the Brazilian Agroforestry Network (REBRAF) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, dedicated to promote agroforestry as a landuse alternative.... * Amazon Cooperation Treaty - ACT The Amazon Cooperation Treaty (ACT) was signed on July 3, 1978 by Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, in order to "carry out efforts and joint actions to promote the harmonious development of their respec-tive Amazonian territories so that these joint actions will produce equitable, mutually advantageous results, as well as the preservation of the environment and the conservation and rational use of those territories' natural resources".... * CIRAD-Fort A 40-year-old French Organization in charge of tropical forestry and wood sci-ence, the CTFT (Centre Technique Forestier Tropical), recently changed its name and is now called CIRAD- Fort.... * EARTHWATCH: Call for Research Proposals Earthwatch is a charitable organisation and one of the world's largest sources of non-governmental funding for field research.... * News - ETFRN/AGREP - ETFRN Task Forces - Task Force "International Forest Research- Programme Amazo- nia/French Guyana (PIRFAG)" - ETFRN-Node Meetings - Kleinhans Fellowship: Research in Tropical Non-Timber Forest Products - Seminar on Promoting a Trade in Sustainably Produced Timber - The State of Tropical Forests - Forest Resource of the Temperate Zones - Symposium: Degraded Lands and Secondary Forests in Amazonia - Foundation of the European Forest Institute (EFI) * Publications - H. Jaenicke, P. Flynn (eds.). 1992. Sustainable Land Use Systems and Human Living Conditions in the Amazon Region, Proceedings of a meeting in Bonn, Germany, 1 - 2 November, 1991. - St. Bass, D. Poore, B. Romijn, ITTO (eds.). 1992. ITTO and the Future in relation to Sustainable Development. - R.J. Vandenbeldt (ed.). 1992. Faidherbia albida in the West African semi-arid tropics: proceedings of a workshop, 22-26 April 1991, Niamey, Niger. - A.S. Belward and C.R. Valenzuela (eds.). 1991. Remote Sensing and Geographical Information Systems for Resource Management in Developing Countries. - F.R. Miller and K.L. Adam (eds.). 1992. Wise Management of Tropical Forests 1992, Proceedings of the Oxford Conference on Tropical Forests 1992. - Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Integrated Land Use Management for Tropical Agriculture. Department of Primary Industries Queensland. 1992. - H.K. Steen, R.P. Tucker (eds.). 1992. Changing Tropical Forests, Historical Perspectives on Today's Challenges in Cen- tral and South America. Proceedings of a Conference. * Vacancy Announcement