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172World Agroforestry into the Futuregardens in which trees are prominent, andthat these gardens are mostly managed bywomen (FAO 2001b). This important skillshould be taken into consideration andseen as reason enough to enhance andstrengthen women’s roles in TOF resourcemanagement.ConclusionsThe biological characteristics and widerange of resource types provided by TOFmakes them invaluable in efforts to promotesustainable rural development andrestore damaged ecosystems. They can alsohelp improve the environment of urbanareas and raise yields and profits on lowproductivityagricultural land. Finally, if thenew vision of TOF is embraced by manynations and expressed in the form of policieslinking trees to all land-use systems,the accumulated effect will be reflectedin a significant improvement in the globalenvironment and progress towards sustainablerural development.ReferencesChivaura-Mususa, C., B. Campbell and W.Kenyon 2000. The value of mature treesin arable fields in the smallholder sector,Zimbabwe. Special section: land useoptions in dry tropical woodland ecosystemsin Zimbabwe. Ecological Economics33(3): 395–400.FAO 1993. Forest Policies in the Near EastRegion: Analysis and Synthesis. Food andAgriculture Organization of the UnitedNations, Rome, Italy.FAO 2000. Trees Outside Forests. Conceptpaper. Forest Conservation Working PaperSeries. Food and Agriculture Organizationof the United Nations, Rome, Italy.FAO 2001a. Trees Outside Forests. ConservationGuide No. 35. Forest Conservation Service,Rome, Italy.FAO 2001b. State of the World’s Forests. Foodand Agriculture Organization of theUnited Nations, Rome, Italy.Huaxin, Z. 2001. Agroforestry in arid and semiaridareas of China: A country report. In:Proceedings of First Regional Workshopon TPN2. Regional Programme underUNCD/ICRISAT. 18–21 December,Patancheru, India.Jensen, M. 1995. Woodfuel productivity ofagroforestry systems in Asia. FAO FieldDocument No. 45. Food and AgricultureOrganization of the United Nations,Bangkok, Thailand.Manu, V.T. and S. Halavatau 1995. Agroforestryin the food production systems in theSouth Pacific. Proceedings of AustralianCentre for International AgriculturalResearch 56: 63–68.Negreros-Castillo, P. and C.W. Mize 2002.Enrichment planting and the sustainableharvest of mahogany (Swietenia macrophyllaKing) in Quintana Roo, Mexico.In: Lugo, A., J. Figueroa-Cólon and M.Alayón (eds) Big-Leaf Mahogany: Genetics,Ecology and Management. SpringerVerlag, New York, USA.IRDC 2000. Emerging products and services fromtrees in lower rainfall areas. ResearchUpdated Series 2 No. 00/171. RuralIndustries Research and DevelopmentCorporation, Kingston, Australia.Sanchez, P.A., R.J. Buresh and R.R.B. Leakey1998. Trees, Soils, and Food Security. LandResources on the Edge of the MalthusianPrecipice? CAB International in associationwith the Royal Society, New York,USA and Wallingford, UK.van der Linde, J. 1962. Trees Outside theForest. Forestry and Forest Products Studies15: 139–208. Food and AgricultureOrganization Conservation guide 35,Forest Conservation Service, Rome, Italy.World Bank 2002. Launch of $100 million biocarbonfund provides new opportunitiesfor rural poor. News Release 2003/133/S:Tokyo, Japan.