European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) Newsletter (Number 3)

European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) Newsletter Number 3 Code: NL94020 Size of File: Text: 61K Graphics: No Associated Graphics Files Contents: * The European Forest Institute (EFI) Forest resources, their use for different purposes, and the health of forests are studied in most European countries. However, the information gathered on the state of forests is rarely consistent, and comparisons between countries are difficult to make.... * The International Foundation for Science (IFS) The International Foundation for Science, founded in 1972, is a non- governmental organization with a membership of 93 scientific academies and research councils in 79 countries, of which three-fourths are in developing countries and one-fourth in industrial countries.... * Landbouwuniversiteit Wageningen Department of Plant Taxonomy The research carried out by the Department of Plant Taxonomy is focused on classification, nomenclatur, description, relationships between higher plants and their phylogeny reconstruction.... * Special Programme for Developing Countries (SPDC) SPDC was established by IUFRO in 1983 at the request of the international donor community following a declaration of the XVII IUFRO World Congress in Kyoto, Japan in 1981. The declaration aimed to increase international support for the development of forestry research in less developed countries.... * UNESCO South-South Cooperation The Conference on "Environmentally Sound Socio-Economic Development in the Humid Tropics", held from 13 to 19 June 1992 in Manaus, Brazil, was the first follow-up to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) and aimed at putting into action the recommendations of Agenda 21 adopted in Rio de Janeiro.... * United Nations University The University, headquartered in Tokyo, has research and training centres and programmes throughout the world, both in developed and developing countries.... * Research Cooperations - University of Mato Grosso - Veld Products Research * News - Trees and Urban Areas - Networking Data Bases on Tree Growth Potential - TVE - Television Trust for the Environment * Publications - P.J. Wood, J. Burley (eds.). 1991. A Tree for all Reasons - The Introduction and Evaluation of Multipurpose Trees for Agro- forestry. - Mitsuhiro Minowa, Satoshi Tsuyuki (eds.). 1992. Proceedings of the Symposium on Integrated Forest Management Information Systems, October 13 - 18, 1991, Tsukuba, Japan. - D.A. Taylor, K. G. MacDicken (eds.). 1991. Research on Multipurpose Tree Species in Asia - Proceedings of an interna- tional workshop held from 19 - 23 November 1990 in Los Baos, Philippines. - Julian Evans (ed.). 1992. Plantation Forestry in the Tropics, Second Edition. * Vacancy Announcement