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Agroforestry: Agrodok 16
ISBN 9072746546, (Agromisa), 1994, 80pp, £5.95,

Environmentally Sound Small-scale Forestry Projects
Peter F. Ffolliot and John L. Thomas
A manual for community development workers in developing countries who are not technicians in the area of forestry, but who want some general guidelines for planning environmentally sound small-scale forestry projects.
ISBN , (VITA), 1983, 120pp, £11.95,

Facing Kirinyaga: A social history of forest commons in southern Mount Kenya
Alfonso Peter Castro
Examines the management and use of common-property forests, groves and trees on southern Mount Kenya, demonstrating the long-standing relationships between Kenyans and their forest resources - and the connections between anthropology and forestry. This book is published in the IT Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development series.
ISBN 1853392537, (ITP), 1995, 166pp, £14.95,

Forest Farm Husbandry
Matthew Fedden
Based on experience at Ghana's Technology Consultancy Centre, this handbook describes successful methods of minimum tillage farming and alley cropping. It suggests that alley cropping offers great promise as a soil conservation and enriching technique.
ISBN 1853390062, (TCC Ghana), 1988, 70pp, £5.95,

Forest Farming
J. Sholto Douglas and Robert A. de J. Hart
The integration of tree and other farming can establish a sounder ecological balance and greater productivity of food and materials for clothing, fuel and shelter. The book suggests planting and cropping methods, and a range of potentially useful trees.
ISBN 0946688303, (ITP), 1984, 208pp, £12.95,

Growing Good Tropical Trees: Propagation and Planting Manuals Volume 3
Secretariat Commonwealth
This manual deals with the tree nursery. Growing good planting stock that is likely to establish successfully in the field depends on: choosing a suitable site for the tree nursery; having some understanding of how tropical trees grow; selecting appropriate genetic origins of seeds and cuttings; producing young trees with favorable root systems; recognising the important relationships between trees and micro-organisms; building a well-trained nursery team and looking after the trees carefully. The procedures described may be used with the majority of woody species to provide diverse seedling or clonal mixtures, and include techniques for domestication.
ISBN 0850925355, (Commonwealth Secretariat), 1998, 226 + vipp, £25.00,

Miombo Ecology and Management: An introduction
Emmanuel N. Chidumayo
Miombo forest occurs in a swathe across central and southern Africa. Traditionally shifting cultivators have farmed in miombo, and allowed it to regenerate, but increasingly the demands for land and for fuelwood have resulted in deforestation. This book provides comprehensive details of the climate, environment, ecology and species characteristic of miombo, and describes methods for assessing the timber and other resources, through inventories, in order to use the forest sustainably. Management guidelines give practical advice on propagation and harvesting techniques, as well as discussing how to design plans to conserve biodiversity and to protect water catchments.
ISBN 1853394114, (ITP), 1997, 192pp, £14.95,

Nature is Culture: Indigenous knowledge and socio-cultural aspects of trees and forests in non-European cultures
Edited by Klaus Seeland
The startling message of this book is that the so-called virgin forests of the world owe much to their symbiotic relationship with the indigenous peoples who live in and on the margins of the forests. Human activities have for millenia 'managed' (consciously or unconsciously) the world's forests, resulting in a greatly enriched biodiversity. The contributors to the book come from many different scientific disciplines, national and cultural backgrounds. Examples of forests are taken from Asia, Africa and South America, thus reflecting the global nature of the phenomenon. The book's conclusions will have far-reaching implications for all who are concerned with the conservation of forests and their indigenous human population. This book is published in the IT Studies in Indigenous Knowledge and Development Series.
ISBN 1853394106, (ITP), 1997, 152pp, £17.50,

Neem: A tree for solving global problems
BOSTID
Reveals the many useful substances and chemicals produced by the Neem tree, including pesticides, spermaticides, fungicides, medicines, industrial oil, fertilizer and wood. Explains the agroecological requirements and limitations of this unusual tree.
ISBN 0309046866, (BOSTID), 1992, 142pp, £15.95,

The New Forester
Berry van Gelder and Phil O'Keefe
This book will challenge foresters, and other rural development professionals, to build new landscapes which provide a range of biomass products to local users. The authors encourage professionals to work with, rather than against, local people.
ISBN 1853392324, (ITP), 1995, 128pp, £9.95,

The Organisation of Small-scale Tree Nurseries: Rural development forestry guide 1
Edwin Shanks and Jane Carter
The authors discuss the problems and benefits of the recent trend towards decentralized nursery systems in rural tree planting programmes through detailed case studies of six projects located in Bolivia, Sudan, Vietnam, Kenya, Nepal and Tanzania.
ISBN 0850032024, (ODI), 1994, 144pp, £10.95,

Preparing to Plant Tropical Trees: Tropical Trees, Propagation and Planting Manual volume 4
Alan Longman
This volume is concerned with the key choices that lie between propagation of good planting stock, and its planting and successful establishment. It highlights the need for good communication, and an understanding of how tropical ecosystems function. It also discusses the importance of the type of planting site and decisions on a suitable growing system for young trees.
ISBN 0850924189, (Commonwealth Secretariat), 1996, 238pp, £30.00,

Propagating and Planting Trees: Agrodok 19
CTA

ISBN 9072746783, (Agromisa), 1997, 90pp, £5.95,

Rapid Appraisal for Community Forestry: The RA process and rapid diagnostic tools
Donald Messerschmidt
This is a book about rapid appraisal (RA) research for use in forestry development, and particularly with community or social forestry work. It has been designed for forestry and natural resource professionals, researchers, trainers and academics worldwide. The book provides a comprehensive guide to RA and associated approaches, methodologies, data analysis and delivery and rapid diagnostic tools.
ISBN 189982510X, (IIED), 1995, 132pp, £15.95,

Reforestation in Arid Lands
Fred R. Weber with Carol Stoney
Part field guide, part planning and nursery management handbook, this book guides foresters through the often conflicting goals of the environmental, political and cultural considerations of reforestation.
ISBN 0866192646, (VITA), 1987, 344pp, £12.95,

Rooting Cuttings of Tropical Trees: Propagation and planting manual volume 1
Alan Longman
Vegetative propagation has been used for centuries to improve and multiply crops. This manual is a step-by-step guide in the use of this technique and covers many tropical crops including tea, coffee and rubber. Useful for both large and small growers.
ISBN 0850923948, (Commonwealth Secretariat), 1993, 142pp, £12.50,