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Many African countries have started national forestry programmes. In sub-Saharan Africa, the FAO says, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Tanzania have been successful. However, programmes in other countries have been hampered by political turmoil, lack of international support, weak political commitment and poor integration of forestry policies into the
agricultural sectors.
The challenge, the FAO says, is for African countries to broaden the focus of their forest programmes and then build capacities to formulate and implement programmes by involving the general population, government, NGOs and the private sector.
[For the full FAO report "The Challenges of sustainable Forestry
Development in Africa" visit the Internet site http://www.fao.org]
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