Tropical Forestry Must Read List

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bullet2 Capacity for Forestry Research in Selected Countries of West and Central Africa

Spilsbury, M.J., Kowero, G.S. and Tchala-Abina, F.
CIFOR Occasional Paper No 24, November 1999

Provides an excellent overview of the strengths and weaknesses of the various research institutions operating in the region and the main themes of interest. Available from the web as a pdf file. Find it starting from:
http://www.cgiar.org/publications/

bullet2 Capacity for Forest Research in the Southern African Development Community

Spilsbury, M.J. and Kowero, G.S.
CIFOR Occasional Paper 11, 1997.

Based on a survey made in 1995. Material also available from the web.  Can be read in conjunction with  the later survey undertaken of forest research requirements for the DFID Forest Research Programme in 1999.

bullet2 Forestry, Forest Users and Research: New Ways of Learning

A,. Lawrence (ed.) 2000
ETFRN
ISBN 3-9501392-0-6

Proceedings of a workshop on the topic. Some very useful and balanced papers on how to take account of indigenous knowledge in forest research and management.