National forest programmes

Editor: A. Perlis
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Cover photo: A planning discussion among foresters, scientists and village representatives, Kyrgyzstan (see article, page 15) I. Kouplevatskaya

Contents
Editorial
J. Heino
National forest programmes: what FAO can do C. Sepp and E. Mansur
National forest programmes – a comprehensive framework for participatory planning
 
Five years of the National Forest Programme Facility
I. Kouplevatskaya
The national forest programme as an element of forest policy reform:
findings from Kyrgyzstan
P. O’Hara and J. Pulhin
Taking participation of villagers beyond the villages to national forest policy processes in the Philippines
J. Cinq-Mars
Internet consultations in support of national forest programmes
E. Oliva Hurtarte, E. Sales Hernández and I. Bustos García
Guatemala’s national forest programme – integrating agendas from the country’s diverse forest regions
Community of Practice on Forest Financing in Latin America
W. Thies, J. Rodríguez and E. von Pfeil
The Puembo process: strengthening the dialogue on forests in Latin America and the Caribbean
J.P. Koyo and R. Foteu
Harmonization of forest policies and programmes in Central Africa
O. Diaw
The national forest programme in Senegal: developing decentralized planning and management capacities
S. Geller and R. McConnell
Linking national forest programmes and poverty reduction strategies
 L. Ivers
PROFOR – an overview
FAO Forestry
World of Forestry
Books