Land-use planning for oil palm, for example, might involve not only the ministry of forestry but also those of agriculture, finance, energy and infrastructure as well as the army and the police.

ECONOMIST: Tropical forests�� best hope

Today I will outline the thinking of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF), for better or worse probably the key player in deciding future policy.

FORBES: Reforming Japan's Socialized Agriculture (2)

"We never dreamed we'd overcome the wall around domestic growers, " says Tatsuo Horiuchi, representative director of Dole Japan and the only foreign company official advising the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on farm law revisions.

FORBES: Upsetting the apple cart

For the 10th anniversary of the Convention, Cueim and the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies set up a research group, presided over by Gaetano Golinelli, professor emeritus at La Sapienza University of Rome, and coordinated by professor Pier Luigi Petrillo.

UNESCO: Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial

The forestry ministry already has several teams in place trying to make locals aware of the dangers of eating primates, but they admit it is a losing battle in a region where bush meat has formed a staple part of people's diets for centuries.

BBC: Ebola outbreak feared in Congo