European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) Newsletter (Number 17)

EUROPEAN TROPICAL FOREST RESEARCH NETWORK NEWSLETTER No.17 1996 Code Number: NL96014 Size of Files: Text: 82K No associated graphics files ETFRN-News is a quarterly publication of the European Tropical Forest Research Network; free copies can be obtained from: European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) c/o ATSAF e.V. Ellerstr. 50 D-53119 Bonn, Germany Tel.:+49-228-98 46-16 Fax:+49-228-98 46-99 Email: mradday@atsaf.de Editor: Markus Radday Editorial Coordination and Design: Miguel Exposito Verdejo Editorial Assistant: Antje Streng . EDITORIAL . ORGANISATIONS - INSTITUTIONS- PROGRAMMES The Biomass and Nutrient Experiment (BIONTE) Objectives Background Main Hypothesis Experimental design Logging intensity Ecological effects Evaluation of the sustainability Expected results Main researchers Actual project phase Survey of Economic Plants for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands Current work SEPASAL's Advisory Service Future Developments of SEPASAL The Soil Association, Woodmark and the Responsible Forestry Programme Goal and mission statement Strategy The Tropical Forest Foundation's (TFF) Sustainable Forest Management Project (SFMP) Certification mark on sustainable forest management by "Smart Wood Program" . RESEARCH COOPERATIONS Research opportunity in the rain forest of Central Guayana FORAFRI Background A three-fold project . ETFRN Bill Board . NEWS Inauguration meeting of the Norwegian Tropical Forest Forum (NFTS) TREE City E-conference on "Better livability through productive and protective trees" First call for voluntary papers for the XI. World Forestry Congress Tropical Forest Research under the INCO-DC programme 7th General Assembly of ETFRN Research grants in forestry and agroforestry . WEB NEWS Unasylva launches Internet Version CIFOR in the World Wide Web FAO Forestry Education and Training Directory 1996 . PUBLICATION