International Cooperation on Forestry Research and Development
Brazil
Description:... General characteristics on international technical cooperation; Flows and trends of aid resources; Eligibility for Official Development Assistance; International politics, economy, environment and cooperation; General trends and constraints of world economy and politics; The Latin American economic situation: debt; Cooperation and the environment; Brazilian policies on international technical cooperation; Brazilian foreign policy; Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC); Purpose and priorities of ITC; Financial resources and countries involved with ITC; Perspectivees of ITC; AID donors and research promoting institutions; Multilateral agencies; Bilateral donor agencies and countries; Non-governmental organization (NGOs); International forestry collaborative research; Types of collaborative research; Factors for success in collaborative research; Advantages of networking for developing country institutions; New perspectives of international forestry collaborative research; A new system: IUFRO efforts, the International Task Force and Bellagio Conferences; Inclusion of forestry research in CGIAR'S mandate: will this be advantageous for developing country institutions? Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR); Brazil's features concerned with international cooperation on forestry research and development; The role of the Brazilian forestry sector; Vegetation and forest resources; Amazon tropical rainforest; "Cerrado"; "Caatinga"; Man-made forests; Structure of the Brazilian forestry sector; Legislation and its enforcement; Environmental problems in Brazil related to deforestation; Organization of forestry research and forestry education; International cooperation forestry projects in Brazil; Summary of international forestry cooperation projects/activities in Brazil; Comments on international technical cooperation forestry projects in Brazil; Factors influencing the effectiveness of international cooperation forestry projects in Brazil; Factors influencing international cooperation projects; Factors influencing project performance in Brazil.
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