ACRONYMS ACRI - American Cocoa Research Institute AEK - Kuna Workers Association ( Panama ) AFE - COHDEFOR - Honduran Corporation for Forestry Development AID US Agency for International Development ( USA ) ANCON Association for Nature ...

Agricultural and silvicultural development in Latin America , especially South America , is presently undergoing a transition . There is a move away from the extensive , unsustainable exploitation and slashing - and - burning of forest ...

... Forestry Research Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development Advisory Council ... Research and Technology Transfer Program for the South American Tropics Cooperative Program for Rural Development ...

Staff members originate from North and South America , the Middle East , Asia , and Europe . The Center oversees an eleven - country network in agriculture and renewable resources ( REDCA ) that promotes cooperation and complementarity ...

... in the development of increment functions for the prediction of timber yields of north Queensland rain forests . Considerable understanding of forest stand dynamics and productivity has been gained from the major research initiative ...

... Council for Research in Agro - Forestry Inter - American Development Bank International Development Research Centre ... Latin America and the Caribbean Southern Common Market Medium Term Plan North America Free Trade Agreement North ...

Agricultural Development Bank Agricultural Diversification Coordinating Unit Spanish International Cooperation Agency ... on International Agricultural Research International Center for Tropical Agriculture Inter - American Drug Abuse ...

Plantation forestry in tropical countries - physical and biological potentials and risks . ... Rural Development Studies 8. ... Changing tropical forests : Historical perspectives in today's challenges in Central and South America .

Research Line 1 : Germplasm improvement and conservation of selected agricultural crops and forest species Research Line 2 ... Collaborative efforts with advanced Latin American , North American , European , regional and international ...

THE ROLE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY IN CONSERVATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT The world a very concerned world , has its eyes turned on the tropical forests and its many problems ( Budowski , 1976 ; Caufield , 1982 ; National Research Council ...