Lesser utilised timber species of Guyana

Guyana's forest sector is one of the most thriving areas of economic growth in the country. However, too much reliance on traditional commercial species may exhaust the current supply. This booklet, an output from Project PD 344/05, introduces some of the lesser utilized species of Guyana which are no less important or usable than the major harvested species.

Assessment of the resistance of 15 lesser used timber from Guyana to abrasion and attack by Limnoria quadripunctata Holthuis

This report an output of PD 344/05 Rev. 2, describes two laboratory tests that assess performance of 15 Lesser Used Species (LUS) of timber in Guyana against abrasion and attack by the marine wood borer Limnoria quadripunctata.

Participatory Tropical Forest Development by Women in Indigenous Communities

Promoting the further processing of tropical timber in Africa

The value of exports for all ITTO producer countries in further-processed timber was approximately US$3.5 billion in 1998, of which only 1% came from Africa. This proposal for action, which arose from a ministerial-level conference of the African Timber Organization, lays out a strategy to expand the market share of African countries in further-processed timber products.

In situ and ex situ conservation of commercial tropical trees

This volume represents the proceedings of the International Conference on Ex situ and In situ Conservation of Commercial Tropical Trees held 11-13 June 2001 on the campus of Gadjah Mada University (GMU) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The conference was planned and organized as an activity of ITTO Project PD 16/96 Rev.4 (F).