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ISSN 0041-6436 Food and Agriculture An international journal Vol. 61 Organization of forestry and forest of the United Nations industries 2010/1-2 234/235 Editor: A. Perlis Contents Editorial Advisory Board: T. Hofer, F. Kafeero, H. Ortiz Chour, Editorial 2 A. Perlis, E. Rametsteiner, S. Rose, J. Tissari, P. van Lierop, P. Vantomme, M.L. Wilkie O. Serrano Emeritus Advisers: J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, C. Palmberg-Lerche, XIII World Forestry Congress – Forests in development: a vital balance 3 L. Russo D.K. Lee and J. Heino Regional Advisers: F. Bojang, C. Carneiro, P. Durst Sixty years of collaborative partnership between FAO and IUFRO: towards the next sixty 12 Unasylva is published in English, French and Spanish. Payment is no longer required. Free R.S. Purnamasari subscriptions can be obtained by sending an Dynamics of small-scale deforestation in Indonesia: examining the e-mail to [email protected] effects of poverty and socio-economic development 14 Subscription requests from institutions (e.g. libraries, companies, organizations, universities) E. Durán, J.J. Figel and D.B. Bray rather than individuals are preferred to make the Uncertain coexistence: jaguars and communities in montane forests journal accessible to more readers. All issues of Unasylva are available online free of Mexico 21 of charge at www.fao.org/forestry/unasylva M. Jack and P. Hall Comments and queries are welcome: [email protected] Large-scale forests for bioenergy: land-use, economic and environmental implications 23 Reproduction and dissemination of material in this publication for educational or other S. Wu, Y. Hou and G. Yuan non-commercial purposes are authorized Valuation of forest ecosystem goods and services and forest natural without any prior written permission from the capital of the Beijing municipality, China 28 copyright holders provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of material in A.C.G. Melo and G. Durigan this publication for resale or other commercial Fire in the seasonal semideciduous forest: impact and regeneration purposes is prohibited without written permission of the Chief, Publishing Policy and Support at forest edges 37 $TCPEJ1HſEGQH-PQYNGFIG'ZEJCPIG J. Kamugisha-Ruhombe 4GUGCTEJCPF'ZVGPUKQP(#1 #TVKENGUGZRTGUUVJGXKGYUQHVJGKTCWVJQTU &KDOOHQJHVRIPRELOL]LQJIRUHVW¿QDQFHLQDKHDYLO\LQGHEWHGSRRU not necessarily those of FAO. country: case study of Uganda 43 Designations employed and presentation of OCVGTKCNFQPQVKORN[VJGGZRTGUUKQPQHCP[ ($WPLú+%*QúHQDQG6g]GHQ opinion on the part of FAO concerning the legal How can Turkey’s forest cooperatives contribute to reducing rural or development status of any country, territory, poverty? 51 city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. A. Ramadhani The FAO publications reviewed in Unasylva Promoting good forest governance for sustainable livelihood may be ordered from any of the FAO sales improvement: a Tanzanian example 54 agents listed on the inside back cover. FAO will process orders from countries where C. Ackerknecht there are no sales agents. Contact the Sales and Marketing Group, 1HſEGQH-PQYNGFIG Work in the forestry sector: some issues for a changing workforce 60 'ZEJCPIG4GUGCTEJCPF'ZVGPUKQP, FAO, Viale H. Savenije and K. van Dijk delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy. Tel.: (+39) 06 57051; World forestry at a crossroads: going it alone or joining with others? 66 (CZ 6GNGZ(#1+ FAO Forestry 71 E-mail: [email protected] World of Forestry 74 Books 78 Cover photos: XIII WFC EDITORIAL $GKLKPIOWPKEKRCNKV[%JKPC6JGUVWF[CNUQGZCOKPGFVJG XIII World Forestry sectoral and spatial distribution of the forest benefits. The authors acknowledge that efforts to assign an economic value Congress to all forest benefits – and the methods for doing so – may be open to debate, but they are useful to raise awareness of the multifunctional roles of forest ecosystems and can ultimately help contribute to forest conservation. he World Forestry Congress is the world’s largest Theme 4, “Caring for our forests”, is represented by a gathering focused on forests and forestry, and the study of the impact of fire in seasonal semideciduous forest Tthirteenth congress was the largest ever, with more fragments in São Paulo State, Brazil. A.C.G. Melo and G. than 7 000 attending. Held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from Durigan find that tree recovery at the forest edges is slower VQ1EVQDGTVJGEQPITGUUQHHGTGFUVKOWNCVKPI than in the interior, suggest why, and draw conclusions for RTGUGPVCVKQPUFKUEWUUKQPUOGGVKPIUCPFGZJKDKVUHQTHQTGUV fire management and prevention in forest fragments. watchers and workers of every kind. Under Theme 5, “Development opportunities”, J. Kamu- This issue of Unasylva summarizes the event and provides a gisha-Ruhombe GZCOKPGURNCPPKPIDWFIGVKPICPFHKUECN taste of the impressive variety of knowledge and information resource allocation for forestry in Uganda, illustrating the gap presented there. It begins with an overview by O. Serrano between the global discussion on forest finance and national describing the congress and summarizing a number of special realities in heavily indebted poor countries. He finds that events, as well as the strategic actions recommended by the budget ceilings established by Uganda in order to qualify for congress in its final declaration. debt relief are the main reason for the country’s low financial The bulk of the issue is developed from papers presented CNNQECVKQPUVQHQTGUVT[#UJQTVGTRKGEG D['#VOKĩ*$ in Buenos Aires. The content is organized around the seven )×PĩGPCPF5©\FGP GZCOKPGUHQTGUVEQQRGTCVKXGUKP6WTMG[ main thematic areas of the congress. We have selected mate- and the constraints that prevent them from contributing to rial with potential appeal for a broad audience, representing poverty reduction as well as intended. a wide geographic range and presenting topics not recently Theme 6, “Organizing forest development”, included a wide covered in Unasylva. range of macroeconomic, institutional and governance issues. Theme 1, “Forests and biodiversity” covered, among others, A. Ramadhani describes a project to promote good forest issues related to the state of the forest and deforestation, governance for sustainable livelihood improvement in four including many technical contributions on forest inventory and forest-adjacent villages in the United Republic of Tanzania. CUUGUUOGPV9GRTGUGPVCUVWF[D[452WTPCOCUCTKGZCOKPKPI He summarizes the outcomes two years after the project, and the role of poverty and regional socio-economic development recommends measures for promoting good governance that in the dynamics of small-scale deforestation in Indonesia. The may also be applicable elsewhere. results show that regions with the highest percentage of poor For Theme 7, “People and forests in harmony”, we include people actually have less deforestation, probably because the introductory paper for the subtheme “Work in the forestry people with some means to invest in agricultural production sector”. C. Ackerknecht reviews topics such as labour unions, are more likely to deforest. Deforestation at first increases with occupational health and safety, training and changes in the wealth, but decreases after a certain wealth level is reached. workforce. The article is global in scope, but makes particular Also under Theme 1, a shorter piece (by E. Durán, J.J. Figel reference to Chile. and D.B. Bray) reports the results of a study of the potential The issue concludes with a provocative essay in which H. for community conservation of jaguars in four communities Savenije and K. van Dijk surmise forest sector trends since KPVJG5KGTTC0QTVGQH1CZCEC/GZKEQ VJGRTGXKQWU9QTNF(QTGUVT[%QPITGUUKPDCUGFQPVJGKT 6JGOGő2TQFWEKPIHQTFGXGNQROGPVŒKPENWFGFCNNCURGEVU observations in Buenos Aires. Although an earlier version of of forest production. One of its subthemes, forests and energy, this article has already been circulated widely through the was also discussed in a special half-day forum. M. Jack and P. Internet, it is included here to stimulate readers to consider the Hall GZCOKPGVJGRQVGPVKCNQHFGXGNQRKPINCTIGUECNGHQTGUVU wider implications of the XIII World Forestry Congress for for bioenergy in New Zealand, and the implications for land- the future of forestry. We hope this whole issue of Unasylva use, the economy and the environment. will serve the same purpose. Under Theme 3, “Forests in the service of people”, an important subtheme was valuation of environmental services. S. Wu, Y. Hou and G. Yuan describe an attempt to estimate the complete market and non-market values of the forests of 3 XIII WFC XIII World Forestry Congress – Forests in development: a vital balance O. Serrano )DFWV¿JXUHVDQGKLJKOLJKWVIURP he first World Forestry Congress viduals and do not represent their WKHODUJHVWIRUHVWU\JDWKHULQJHYHU YCUJGNFKPVJGUGEQPFVGP countries or organizations – came from Tyears later, and congresses have all continents, with the greatest part, DGGPQTICPK\GFCRRTQZKOCVGN[GXGT[UKZ CUGZRGEVGFHTQO%GPVTCNCPF5QWVJ years since 1949, in partnership between America, and fully half from Argentina. FAO and a host country. The XIII World They included policy-makers (including Forestry Congress, held in Buenos Aires, a number of ministers responsible for #TIGPVKPCHTQOVQ1EVQDGT forestry), researchers, forest practition- was the largest forestry gathering ever. ers and representatives from industry, 1XGTGZRGTVUJCFVJGQRRQTVWPKV[ financial institutions and development to present and discuss their work, share agencies. All 14 members of the Col- VJGKTGZRGTKGPEGUCPFKPETGCUGVJGKTPGV-