PLEC
NEWS
AND
VIEWS
No. 4, March 1995
CONTENTS
Page
FROM THE EDITOR: PLEC NEWS
1
About this issue
The draft GEF project document
The UNFPA funds
Changes in project management
Inter-Cluster visits
The special issue of Global Environmental Change
A nuptial announcement
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2
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5
REPORTS ABOUT GENERAL AND CLUSTER ACTIVITIES
6
PLEC Amazonia: a mission report
by Juha I. Uitto
6
West African Regional Workshop
by E.A. Gyasi, and the editor
8
Report from Montane Mainland Southeast Asia
by Kanok Rerkasem
9
PAPERS BY PROJECT MEMBERS
11
Diversity measurement methods for the PLEC Clusters
by Daniel J. Zarin
11
Evaluation of the cultivation of Amomum villosum under Tropical Forest in
Southern Yunnan, China
by Guan Yuqin, Dao Zhiling and Cui Jingyun
22
NEW UNU BOOKS
from Juha I. Uitto, at pages
10, 21 and 28
FIGURES
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
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