Commonwealth Forests

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The publication of this book was generously funded by the Commonwealth Foundation.

The Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), whose data are extensively quoted, kindly made facilities available for the principal author who also greatly benefited from discussions with several FAO staff, notably Gillian Allard, Jim Carle, Doug Kneeland, Mette Løyche-Wilkie and Adrian Whiteman.

A special debt is owed to those who contributed time and experience to writing Commonwealth Forests:  

1. Chapter 3 (Benefits from the Forest) was prepared by Professor Gary Bull and Steven Northway, University of British Columbia;

2. Chapter 5 (Education) was prepared by Professor John Innes, University of British Columbia, and David Ward; and

3. Chapter 6 (Research) was prepared by Peter Wood O.B.E.

The remainder of the text was written by Jim Ball.

The web searches for the Country Information were carried out by Bev Moore (the Americas), Charles Recha and Sheila Mbiru (Eastern Africa), Diek van der Zel (Southern Africa), Victor Kawanga (Central Africa), Julius Adewopo (West Africa), Luke McWhirter (Australasia and Pacific Islands).

Several experienced foresters kindly reviewed and commented on the fi rst draft of the chapters.  They included Dr Ben Chikamai, Prof. Ian Ferguson, Dr Jag Maini, Alan Pottinger, Jim Richardson, Prof. Jeff Sayer, R.V. Singh, Prof. Gombya Ssembajjwe, and Dr Lee Su See. Deficiencies in the text remain, however, the responsibility of the principal author.