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Electronic compendium for forestry in the Asia-Pacific region

Project ID:
FST/1996/187: Electronic compendium for forestry in the Asia-Pacific region
Collaborating Countries:
China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
Commissioned Organisation:
CAB International, UK
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Collaborating Institutions:
  • CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products, Australia
  • CSIRO Division of Forestry and Forest Products, Australia
Project Budget:
$62,250
Project Duration:
01/01/1997 - 31/12/1997
Project Extension:
01/01/1998 - 30/06/1998
ACIAR Research Program Manager
Dr John Fryer
Project Background and Objectives

In response to international strategic goals relating to sustainable forestry, to strongly expressed user need for the improved dissemination of knowledge on forest tree species relevant to the Asia-Pacific forestry sector, and evidence that the Electronic Forestry Compendium concept will help meet this need: CABI and CSIRO FFP, in association with CIFOR and other collaborating institutions (national forest services in China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, PNG, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka and Vietnam), will produce the Electronic Compendium for Forestry in the Asia-Pacific Region(EFC-Asia Pacific) on CD-ROM, and will set up mechanisms to disseminate this widely in the region and elsewhere, and to enable its sustainability updating.

Project Outcomes
Outcomes for this project are currently being prepared