Trust is a rare and precious resource, tough to win, easy to lose and difficult to give. It has a pretty low currency in these restive times, many of us not daring to trust our politicians, our generals, our accountants or even, sometimes, our neighbours. Can we trust our
foresters?
Tropical Forest Update

Issue 14 No 2
How to win their trust
Contents
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Changing from within
Photo: R. Guevara
Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon can be empowered to pursue their own concepts of sustainable development
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Enticing small operators out of the woodwork
Photo: J. Kiuru
Gaining the trust of entrepreneurs is one of the main challenges facing training institutes in the forest and woodworking sectors
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For services rendered
Photo: Iwokrama International
Centre for Rain Forest ConservationTropical forests provide the planet with many valuable services. Are beneficiaries prepared to pay for them?
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Addressing fire management in the Philippines
According to a recent ITTO commissioned report, DENR should re-assume responsibility for forest fire suppression
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Exports turn a corner
The immediate prospects for tropical timber exporters have brightened
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Joining up to stop desertification
Photo: H. O. Ma
The field-level implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification could be within reach
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Out on a limb
Photo: CIB
Space should be made for the genuine negotiation of forest management plans in Africa
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Fellowship report
An ecological study of mangrove vegetation in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
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On the conference circuit
Reports on an international conference on private sector experiences in SFM, an ITTO mahogany workshop, a workshop on decentralisation, federal systems in forestry and national forest programmes, and more
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Recent editions
New books and reports
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Tropical and topical
Reports recent developments in tropical forestry
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Courses
Short training courses for professionals in forestry and related disciplines
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Meetings
A comprehensive listing of coming conferences relevant to sustainable tropical forest management

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