Forestry Department
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Forest Genetic Resources Working Papers
Prepared for
The IPGRI/SAFORGEN Training Workshop on the Conservation and
Sustainable Use of Forest Genetic Resources in Eastern and Southern Africa
6-11 December 1999, Nairobi, Kenya
Based on the work of
Nchemo Maile
February 2003
Forest Resources Development Service
Forest Resources Division
Forestry Department
Working Paper FGR/40E
FAO, Rome, Italy
1.1. STATUS OF FOREST RESOURCES
1.2. INDIGENOUS TREES AND SHRUBS
1.3. GOVERNMENT OWNED PLANTATIONS
1.4. PRIVATE WOODLOT: INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY
1.5. INDIVIDUALLY OWNED TREES IN HOMESTEADS
1.6. TREES IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
2. PAST AND PRESENT ACTIVITIES IN CONSERVATION, UTILIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF FOREST RESOURCES
4. IDENTIFICATION OF NATIONAL PRIORITIES
6. PROPOSALS FOR REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Appendix 1: list of abbreviations and acronyms
Appendix 2: value and use of important species at national level
Appendix 3: list of priority species for conservation, improvement or seed procurement
Appendix 4: management and location of genetic resources, by natural site species
Appendix 5: level of security and nature of threats to the integrity of genetic resources of priority species