Food aid and forestry : ongoing and recently terminated PL-480-supported forestry projects worldwide

480-supported ongoing, proposed, and recently terminated forestry and forestry-related projects worldwide. The report briefly discusses Titles I-III and Section 206. Summaries of various project descriptions on forestry activities under these Titles in African, Asian, Near East, and Latin American/Caribbean countries are given. The study reports that: (1) U.S. Government commitment to the World Food Programme amounts to $184,500,000. This supports 65 forestry and forestry-related projects in 44 countries, and (2) under Title II Food for Work forestry and forestry-related projects, U.S. Government commitment, over the last 4-5 years, is estimated around $36,500,000. However, due to inconsistencies in the figures dealt with, and the unreliability of the sources of information (with the exception of WFP sources), the author cautions against the findings being taken as full proof. The definition of forestry in project documents, according to the author, is ambiguous. Among others, there is the problem of disaggregating the forestry components from overall projects. (Author abstract, from PN-ABM-455)