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| Overview : | - INCO-DC - 'International Co-operation with Developing Countries' 1994-8
formerly
- STD-3 - 'Life sciences and technologies for developing countries' 1991-4
- STD-2 - 'Life sciences and technologies for developing countries' 1987-97
Managed by DG Research (formerly DGXII).
The focus of INCO-DC is on regional issues of
mutual interest to the collaborating agencies. It will,
however, support the involvement of developing coun-
try scientists in topics of global importance that extend
beyond regional boundaries and need to be dealt with in
a global context. These issues include the assessment
and conservation of natural resources, the greenhouse
effect, pollution, desertification, control of urban
growth, pandemics and communicable diseases.
The thematic content of INCO-DC is considerably
broader than that of the preceding STD programmes
and covers four sectors, each of which has a dedicated
budget:
- sustainable management of renewable natural
resources, with subsectors on policy research, basic
natural resources and research on ecosystems;
- sustainable improvement of agriculture and agro-
industrial production, covering production sys-
tems, applied socio-economic sciences, post har-
vesting technologies, crop production, animal
production and silviculture;
- health;
- additional sectors of mutual interest, which include
information and communication technologies,
non-nuclear energy, biotechnology, materials and
production technologies.
Forestry research can be funded under three of the
above sectors, with slightly different emphases. Within
the natural resources sector, the ecosystems subsector
funds research on natural forests, including, for
example, such topics as biodiversity assessments and
genetic studies, and also agroforestry and the socio-
economic aspects of buffer zone management. Within
the agriculture sector, the silviculture subsector focuses
particularly on man-made forests and forest industries.
Lastly, the additional sectors of mutual interest may
also offer funding opportunities for topics such as
remote sensing, biomass (fuelwood) production and
processing, or genetic engineering of trees. |
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For a more detailed account of tropical forestry activities under this budget line, see the DGXII chapter of the 'EU Tropical Forestry Sourcebook'. |
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| activities identified | 4 |
2 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
15 |
| 1,000,000 Euro | 1.3 |
1.8 |
3.7 |
5.4 |
1.4 |
4.2 |
| year | 91 |
92 |
93 |
94 |
95 |
96 |
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Figures are indicative, and subject to revision
since some projects may contain substantial non-forest related components |
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Information in the TROPICS system is provisional only
Comments and suggestions to tropics@odi.org.uk |
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