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Altogether, the World Bank has supported China with $1.2 billion in financing for eight forestry projects covering 21 provinces since 1985. The long-term program has resulted in the establishment of over 3.8 million hectares of forest plantations -- an area roughly the size of Switzerland and about
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/CHINAEXTN/...

Bruk og forvaltning av skogressurser i Manang, Nepal / Hilde Hovland Erstad. - Bergen : Institutt for Geografi, Universitet i Bergen, 2007. - 105 s. (Masteropgave) The Masters thesis ‘Use and management of forest resources in Manang, Nepal’ is a study of the necessity of forest resources in a villa
https://bora.uib.no/bitstream/1956/2253/1/Masterthesis_Erstad.

Published on the CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) website, this document was authored by Dwi R. Muhtaman, Chairil Anwar Siregar, and Peter Hopmans, and is a brief report of the INRM Workshop Held in Penang, Malaysia, 21-25 August 2000. The report describes the development of Criter
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf_files/C&I-Plantation.pdf

Welcome to the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, one of the leading institutions in tropical forestry research, both within the country and abroad. Founded by British colonial forest scientist in 1929, the former Forest Research Institute with Dr F.W. Foxworthy as its first chief research officer,
http://www.frim.gov.my/

Economic studies (School of Economics and Commercial Law, Göteborg University) ; 112. - 2002
http://www.niaslinc.dk/gateway_to_asia/nordic_webpublications/x506012157.pdf

10 April 2007 Source: Nature A new conservation project in Sarawak, Malaysia, could provide a working model for preserving biodiversity alongside the South-East Asian timber industry, says this editorial in Nature. The project embraces three types of land use over an area almost twice the size of
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7136/full/446583b.html

WWW site from MTC. Includes full text materials and supporting statistics on Malaysian forest policy. Includes a set of market prices for timber products, logs, sawn timber, rubberwood and plywood for Malaysia, Brazil and Indonesia (with links to USA prices and exchange rate data)
http://www.mtc.com.my

The Network Sabah Foundation and NEPCon were partners in a just completed project of 4 years' duration, resulting in the gazetting and preservation of Maliau Basin as well as the establishment of the mentioned research facilities. NEPCon helps to establish the network using our own non-profit funds
http://maliaunetwork.tripod.com/

The Rainforest Foundation is an environmental as well as an aid-organisation that works for the protection of the rainforests and its rich resources for generations to come. To achieve this goal, The Rainforest Foundation supports indigenous and forest peoples that live in and of the forests in thei
http://www.rainforest.no

RECOFTC offers training in forestry management for participants in Asia and the Pacific; the website contains details of the operation of the training centre. Details of countries that are supported is available (including Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Vie
http://www.recoftc.org/site/