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Issue 3: September 2000 |
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UNU Launches Project on
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The United Nations University has launched a project on the role of forests in sustainable development.
The World Forests, Society and Environment (WFSE) Programme brings together three partners: the UNU, the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA) and the European Forest Institute (EFI) in Finland. The aim of the new project, to be led by Prof. Matti Palo of METLA, is to research sustainable forest management, and foster partnership networking and capacity building. The project will focus on improving linkages between forest science and forest policy at all levels of government.
A collaborative relationship has been established with the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia, the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), Kenya, the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre (CATIE), Costa Rica, and the World Forestry Center in Portland, Oregon.
For more information:
UNU Public Affairs, tel. (03)
5467-1243, -1246; fax (03) 3406-7346
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