Unasylva - No. 174 - Forest resources assessment













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An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 44 - 1993/3

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Editor: Stephen A. Dembner

Language Editor: Rachel Tucker

Layout Editor: Marina Criscuolo

Editorial Advisory Board Forestry Department: M.R. de Montalembert (Chairman), M. Chipeta, S. Dembner, R. Heinrich, M. Hoskins, M. Morell, M.K. Muthoo, C. Palmberg-Lerche, H. Röbbel, E.H. Sène, N. Vergara

Publications Division: K. Richmond (Editorial Branch)

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Guidelines for authors

Editorial: Forest resources assessment

K. Janz
World forest resources assessment 1990: An overview

K.D. Singh
The 1990 tropical forest resources assessment

A. V. Korotkov and T.J. Peck
Forest resources of the industrialized countries: An ECE/FAO assessment

J.-P. Malingreau
Satellite monitoring of the world's forests: A review

O. Kandler
The air pollution/forest decline connection: The "Waldsterben" theory refuted

J.-P. Lanly
A concluding opinion on forest resources assessment

P. Wardle
Forestry statistics in the global partnership for environment and development

World of forestry

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