An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 57 2006/1
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Editor: A. Perlis
Editorial Advisory Board Forestry Department:
F. Casta?eda, R. Czudek, T. Hofer, D. Kneeland, J.P. Koyo, A. Perlis, L. Russo, M. Uemoto, T. Vahanen, M.L. Wilkie
Emeritus Advisers:
J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, C. Palmberg-Lerche
Regional Advisers:
H. Abdel Nour, C. Carneiro, P. Durst, P. Koné, K. Prins

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Cover photo: Buddleja incana forest, Atapo Quichalán , Ecuador
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Contents
Editorial D. Kneeland
FAO Forestry at 60 N. Byron
Challenges in defining, implementing and renewing forest policies
 
M. Ba Diao
Livestock production and conservation in and around protected areas: the Project for Integrated Ecosystem Management in Senegal
 
E. Raufflet and P. Moctezuma Barragán
Organizational dimensions of decentralized forest management: lessons from a farmers’ cooperative in central Mexico
 
M. Sreetheran, E. Philip, M. Adnan and M. Siti Zakiah
A historical perspective of urban tree planting in Malaysia
 
L. Christersson and K. Verma
Short-rotation forestry – a complement to “conventional” forestry
C. Saint-Laurent and J. Carle
Looking at the bigger picture: the Global Partnership on Forest Landscape Restoration

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