Forestry Outlook Study For Africa. Report of the West Africa Planning Meeting 13-18 December, 1999 Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire

FORESTRY OUTLOOK STUDY FOR AFRICA

Report of the West Africa Planning Meeting

13-18 December, 1999

Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations European Commission

African Development Bank

1. INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP

2. WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES AND MAIN CONCLUSIONS OF THE WORKING SESSIONS.

Framework

Data collection and analysis

FOSA

3. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FOSA

Annex 1. THE TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

a) The FOSA Process - Information note

b) The Outlook - principles

d) The country Outlook Paper

Annex 2. The Sub-Regional Analysis

Introduction

Objectives

Background

The state of the natural forests

Plantation forestry

The state of forest industries

Non-wood forest products

Biodiversity conservation

Vision for the forestry sector in the sub-region

Factors influencing forestry

Internal factors

Regional collaboration in forestry

External factors

Conditions for the development of the forestry sector

Potentials and constraints for the development of the forestry sector by 2020

National economy

Agriculture

Sustainability of industrial wood production

Forest policies

Forest conservation

Data acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination

Funding

References

Annex 3 : List of thematic studies and results of discussion in working sessions

External impacts on forest and tree resources in Africa

Conservation and management of forest and tree resources in Africa

Social and environmental roles of forests and trees in Africa

Economic role of forests: forest products sector

Enabling environment: institutional and financial conditions for forestry

Résumé des résultats du groupe francophone

Zone sèche 

Zone humide

Summary of the findings of the Anglophone Group

Methodology and results

Comments on the results

Conclusions en plénière - Conclusions in plenary

Annex 4. Workshop Agenda