Acknowledgements T he State of the World's Forests 2003 is the result of extensive collaboration and teamwork among people from within and outside FAO. Special thanks go to R. McConnell, on loan to ho from the Canadian Forest Service. Natural resources Canada. As one of her assignments, she compiled and edited the document, working closely with authors and advisers Appreciation is also extended to J B. Ball, an FAO retiree, for his guidance, and to FAO staff and consultants who provided information, wrote pieces or reviewed drafts H. Abdel-Nour; GAllard; C Brown; C.M. Carneiro; F. Castaneda; J. Carle; A Contreras- Hermosilla; A del Lungo; ]. Douglas; O. Dubois; P. Durst; H. Gregersen; K. Govil; T Hofer P. Holmgren; W Killmann; D. Kneeland; P. Kone; L. Ljungman; M. Malagnoux; M. Martin A Mathias; D Mead; T Michaelsen; M. Morell; C. Palmberg-Lerche; E. Pepke; F. Romano V Sasse; S Sadio; E.-H. Sene; D Schoene; P. Sigaud; T. Vahanen; P van Lierop; S. Walter; A. Whiteman: M. Wlkie: D. williamson. FAO is also grateful to those who contributed chapters in Part II: W Sunderlin, A. Angelsen and S Winder, Center for International Forestry Research(CIFOR),for Forests and poverty alleviation" K Brooks, University of Minnesota, United States, and M. Achouri, FAO, for"Sustainable use and management of freshwater resources: the role of forests" J McNeely, World Conservation Union (IUCN), for"How sustainable use of forests can contribute to conserving biological diversity J. Burley, International Union of Forestry Research Organizations(IUFRO), and C.T.S. Nair, FAO, for"Science and chnology in the forest sector: widening gaps and narrowing options"; and A Whiteman FAO, for"Recent trends in fiscal policies in the forest sector in Africa". Thanks also to A Lipkis, TreePeople, who submitted the box on new partnerships in urban forest watershed management; and to C. Danks, for the box on community forestry in the United State FAO appreciates the dedication and valuable advice of members of the Internal and External Advisory Committees: M. Coulombe, H. Gregersen, J. Griffiths, C Holding Anyonge, D. Kaimowitz, G. Kowero, J.-P. Lanly, M. de Montalembert, C. Oliver, M. Paveri C Prins, A Razak, R. Seppala, M. Simula, O Souvannavong and T. Vahanen. A Perlis, L. Wearne, B. Moore and the staff of the FAO Publishing Management Service provided editorial and production support Layout and graphics were done by F Dicarlovii and collaboration extensive of result the is 2003 Forests s’World the of State The to go thanks Special. FAO outside and within from people among teamwork Resources Natural, Service Forest Canadian the from FAO to loan on, McConnell. R working, document the edited and compiled she, assignments her of one As. Canada .advisers and authors with closely FAO to and, guidance his for, retiree FAO an, Ball. B.J to extended also is Appreciation :drafts reviewed or pieces wrote, information provided who consultants and staff ;Hofer. T; Govil. K; Gregersen. H; Durst. P; Dubois. O; Douglas. J; Lungo del. A; Hermosilla￾Contreras. A; Carle. J; Castañeda. F; Carneiro. M.C; Brown. C; Allard. G; Nour-Abdel. H ;Martin. M; Malagnoux. M; Ljungman. L; Kone. P; Kneeland. D; Killmann. W; Holmgren. P ;Romano. F; Pepke. E; Lerche-Palmberg. C; Morell. M; Michaelsen. T; Mead. D; Mathias. A ;Walter. S; Lierop van. P; Vahanen. T; Sigaud. P; Schoene. D; Sène. H.-E; Sadio. S; Sasse. V .Williamson. D; Wilkie. M; Whiteman. A ,Sunderlin. W: II Part in chapters contributed who those to grateful also is FAO for), CIFOR (Research Forestry International for Center, Wunder. S and Angelsen. A and, States United, Minnesota of University, Brooks. K”; alleviation poverty and Forests“ role the: resources freshwater of management and use Sustainable “for, FAO, Achouri. M of use sustainable How “for), IUCN (Union Conservation World, McNeely. J”; forests of of Union International, Burley. J”; diversity biological conserving to contribute can forests and Science “for, FAO, Nair. S.T.C and), IUFRO (Organizations Research Forestry ,Whiteman. A and”; options narrowing and gaps widening: sector forest the in technology .A to also Thanks”. Africa in sector forest the in policies fiscal in trends Recent “for, FAO watershed forest urban in partnerships new on box the submitted who, TreePeople, Lipkis .States United the in forestry community on box the for, Danks. C to and; management and Internal the of members of advice valuable and dedication the appreciates FAO ,Paveri. M, Oliver. C, Montalembert de. M, Lanly. P.-J, Kowero. G, Kaimowitz. D, Anyonge￾Holding. C, Griffiths. J, Gregersen. H, Coulombe. M: Committees Advisory External .Vahanen. T and Souvannavong. O, Simula. M, Seppälä. R, Razak. A, Prins. C Service Management Publishing FAO the of staff the and Moore. B, Wearne. L, Perlis. A .Dicarlo. F by done were graphics and Layout. support production and editorial provided Acknowledgements