An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 52- 2001/1
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Editor: A. Perlis
Editorial Advisory Board
Forestry Department:
J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, S. Braatz,
S.A. Dembner, M. Morell,
C. Palmberg-Lerche, A. Perlis, L. Russo,
K. Warner, O. Souvannavong, M. Wilkie
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publishing: Editorial Group,
FAO Information Division
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Cover caption: A forester of the future, Ghana
Credit: FAO/18384/P.Cenini
C.T.S. Nair
Changing forestry scenarios: some history and a
few speculations
A.J. Leslie
The uncompromising future
R. Päivinen, R. Mills, M. Hailu and J. Saarikko
The forest of information: beating paths through
the jungle
F. di Castri
Forestry in the context of the information society
L.I. Umeh and C. Omoluabi, M.N. Salleh, C. Prins,
I. Tomaselli, H.O. Abdel Nour, M. Dombeck and A. Moad
Forests and the future: regional perspectives
J.A. Sayer
Tropical forests: diverging development paradigms
A.D. Yanchuk
The role and implications of biotechnological tools
in forestry
G. Henne and C. Thies
Will the last of the ancient forests survive in 2050?
C. Sales
Technological innovation in the wood sector
G. Bull and J. Spears
Global Vision for Forest 2050 project
M. Morell
Vision of forestry 50 years on