Unasylva - No. 213 - Perceptions of forests

An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 54 2003/2

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Editor:
A. Perlis
Editorial Advisory Board:
J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, C. Holding Anyonge, D. Kneeland, M. Morell, C.T.S. Nair, C. Palmberg-Lerche, A. Perlis, L. Russo, O. Souvannavong, T. Vahanen, M. ilkie
Regional Advisers:

H. Abdel Nour, C. Carneiro, P. Durst, P. Koné, K. Prins

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Editorial (Download- 27 KB)

J. Heino and J. Karvonen
Forests – an integrated part of Finnish life (Download- 298 KB)

L. Barraza and J. Pineda
How young people see forests in Mexico: a comparison of two rural communities (Download- 213 KB)

K. Urgessa
Perceptions of forest cover and tree planting and ownership in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia
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British people think their woodlands are shrinking

C. Young and M. Wesner
Aesthetic values of forests: measuring the visual impact of forestry operations
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Children’s perceptions of forests (Download- 1.440 KB)

J. Crews
Forest and tree symbolism in folklore (Download- 213 KB)

Mbuti arts and traditions – a culture derived from the forest

E.H. Sène
Trees, forests, beliefs and religions in Sahelian West Africa
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L.J. Musselman
Trees in the Koran and the Bible (Download- 180 KB)