. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. A Future for Africa's Tropical Forests. Forest regcneratwn can occur ifcU\7rcd areas arc subscqiiciitly KiulismrhcJ. This is the trace of the mam Itombwe road, abandoned m the early 1960s, but still marked on maps of Zaire as a major road. R. Wilson of CILSS (Inter-Governmental Committee for Drought Relief in the Sahel), SADCC (Southern Africa Development Cooperation Conference) and IGADD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development in Eastern Africa) had all embarked upon regional TFAPs. The results of the national TFAPs have b
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa. A Future for Africa's Tropical Forests. Forest regcneratwn can occur ifcU\7rcd areas arc subscqiiciitly KiulismrhcJ. This is the trace of the mam Itombwe road, abandoned m the early 1960s, but still marked on maps of Zaire as a major road. R. Wilson of CILSS (Inter-Governmental Committee for Drought Relief in the Sahel), SADCC (Southern Africa Development Cooperation Conference) and IGADD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Drought and Development in Eastern Africa) had all embarked upon regional TFAPs. The results of the national TFAPs have been variable. Critics claim that they have not recognised the need for change and that they are simply advocating more of the same forestry assistance policies that have not succeeded in the past. The failure to address the needs of forest dwelling peoples in TFAPs and the neglect of biological diversity issues have come in for strong criticism (Colchester and Lohmann, 1990; Winterbottom, 1990). Advocates of TFAPs point out that having a process in place to increase and harmonise aid to forestry in 38 countries in five years is a considerable achievement. They note that governmental forestry institutions are conservative and bringing about change in these organisations is inevitably a slow process. In reality some TFAPs have been more effective than others, reflecting the fact that some countries are more amenable to change than others. Cameroon chose the path of expanded industrial logging and received very little donor support, whereas Tanzania adopted a strong social forestry and conservation line and was well sup- ported by the donors. There can be no doubt that the TFAP has given forest conser- vation and sustainable forestn,' a much higher profile in the pro- grammes of both governments and aid agencies. For all its possi- ble shortcomings, the TFAP has certainly done far more good than harm. In addition, it now exists as a process and can provide a framework for greater
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