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Commonwealth
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 SUPPORT TO COMMONWEALTH FOREST RESEARCH
A number of developed Commonwealth countries have assisted less-developed countries with
forest research since those countries attained independence from the UK. Australia, Canada,
New Zealand and the UK have supported numerous research projects, many of which are still
ongoing, in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa, parts of the Indian sub continent, Papua New
Guinea and the Caribbean and the Pacific islands. Technical assistance through research
training and the provision of specialised research personnel has also been funded between
Commonwealth countries.
The Department for International Development (DFID) of the UK has supported a Forest
Research Programme (FRP) for developing countries (many of which are Commonwealth)
since 1990 and Canada has allocated more than CND$65 M in funding for a new research
program to help the poorest adapt to climate change.
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