Report on
Discussion Forum on Information Services in the Asia-Pacific
and
AGRIS/CARIS in the 21st Century
an Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation

Edited by Michael Ibach and Yvonne Byron

DISCUSSION FORUM ON INFORMATION SERVICES

IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

Becky Skidmore

ASEAN Forest Tree Seed Centre Project, Ottawa, Canada

List of Acronyms

[Chapter 1]
Introduction

[Chapter 2]
Forestry Information Initiatives

[Chapter 3]
Collaboration

[Chapter 4]
The Survey

[Chapter 5]
The Discussion Forum

[Chapter 6]
Final Action Plans

[Chapter 7]
Keynote Papers

[Chapter 8]
Conclusions

[References]

[Appendix 1]
Survey Questionnaire

[Appendix 2]
Forestry Information Services in the Asia-Pacific Region

[Appendix 3]
The Future for Scientific Publishing and Information in the Asia-Pacific Region

[Appendix 4]
Information Services at IUFRO

[Appendix 5]
Sources of Forestry Information

[Appendix 6]
List of Participants

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Discussion Forum on Information Services in the Asia-Pacific

30 October - 1 November 1996, Bogor, Indonesia

Mr Eliseo M. Baltazar
Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau, Laguna - Philippines

Dr. Ken Becker
CAB International, Wallingford - UK

Ms Mastura Buang
Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

Mr Jim Coles
ASEAN Forest Tree Seed Centre Project, Saraburi - Thailand

Dra. Endang I.S. Msc
Manggala Wanabakti Documentation and Information Center, Jakarta - Indonesia

Mr Md. Wan Fazali
ASEAN Institute of Forest Management, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

Dr. Pamela G. Fernandez
University of the Philippines at Los Banos, Laguna - Philippines

Prof. Ha Chu Chu
Forest Science Institute of Vietnam, Hanoi - Vietnam

Mr Michael Ibach
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor - Indonesia

Mr Kamphay Manivong
Forestry Research Centre, Department of Forestry, Vientiane - Lao PDR

Ms Murianti
Library, Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta - Indonesia

Dr. Benny Nasendi
Forest Products and Forestry Socio-economic Research and Development Centre, FORDA, Bogor - Indonesia

Dr. Francis S.P. Ng
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor - Indonesia

Mr Tom Niemann
ASEAN Institute of Forest Management, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

Mr Md. Anisur Rahman
Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Chittagong - Bangladesh

Dr. Stephen Rudgard
CAB International, Wallingford - UK

Ms N. Sarojam
Library, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi - India

Dr. Soetikno Sastroutomo
CAB International, Asia Regional Office, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia

Ms Dina A. Satrio
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor - Indonesia

Ms Joozee Schellenkens
Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok - Thailand

Mr. Heinrich Schmutzenhofer
International Union of Forestry Research Organizations - Secretariat, Vienna - Austria

Mr Amrish Kumar Sharma
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehra Dun - India

Ms Becky Skidmore
ASEAN Forest Tree Seed Centre Project, Ottawa - Canada

Ms Yuni Soeripto
Center for International Forestry Research, Bogor - Indonesia

Mr Irwan Surjadi
United States Agency for International Development - REM, Jakarta - Indonesia

Ms Aree Thunkijjanunkij
Royal Forest Department, Bangkok - Thailand

Mr Nguyen Tien Dat
Documentation and Information Division, Forest Science Institute of Vietnam, Hanoi - Vietnam

Mr U Sann Lwin
Forest Research Institute, Forest Department, Pyinmana - Myanmar

Mr Suaesi Valasi
University of the South Pacific, School of Agriculture, Apia - Western Samoa

Dr. Meng Yongqing
Institute of Scientech Information, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing - China

Dr. Yoo Byoung Il
Forest Research Institute, Seoul - South Korea

Dr. Ahmad Zamzam Moh.
CAB International, Asia Regional Office, Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia