Review and Improvement of data related to wood products in Trinidad and Tobago


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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

DIRECTORATE-GENERAL VIII DEVELOPMENT

 

Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts

EC-FAO PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME (1998-2001)

Tropical forestry Budget line B7-6201/97-15/VIII/FOR

PROJECT GCP/INT/679/EC

Review and Improvement of data related to wood products in Trinidad and Tobago

By Seuram JHILMIT

Director of Northern Range Reforestation Project

December, 1998

Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago

This report has been produced as an out put of the EC-FAO Partnership Programme (1998-2000) - Project GCP/INT/679/EC Data Collection and Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in ACP Countries - Linking National and International Efforts. The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the EC or the FAO.

This paper has been minimally edited for clarity and style


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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Overview

2. CURRENT STATUS OF FORESTRY STATISTICS RELATED TO WOOD PRODUCTS.

2.1. Information presently collected

2.2. Existing methodologies for data collection

2.3. Present method of data compilation

2.4. Wood products produced

2.5. Wood products imported

2.6. Wood products exported

2.7. The most important wood industry

3. EVALUATION OF DATA COLLECTION

3.1. Roundlogs

3.2. Sawnwood

3.3. Imports and exports

4. IMPROVEMENTS OF NATIONAL STATISTICS PROCESS

4.1. Issues relating to the forestry division

4.2. Issues relating to the CSO

4.3. FAO Yearbook on forest products

5. REFERENCES