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Report of the Fourth Session of the
FAO PANEL OF EXPERTS ON FOREST GENE RESOURCES

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Canberra, Australia
9–11 March 1977

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abbreviations

I.       THE PANEL

II.      RECOMMENDATIONS

III.     PROGRESS SINCE THIRD SESSION

IV.     CONSERVATION OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES

V.      SPECIES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL LIVING

VI.     REVIEW OF GLOBAL PROGRAMME ON FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES

VII.    ACTION PROGRAMME 1978–79

VIII.   FUTURE OF THE PANEL

IX.     RELATED ACTIVITIES

X.      LIST OF REFERENCES

Appendixes

1.      Current membership of the Panel

2.      Agenda

3.      Details of seed collections by CSIRO Division of Forest Research, Canberra

4.      Provenance seed collections of Mexican Pines

5.      Forest genetic resources - FAO financial contributions

6.      IUFRO Subject Groups and Working Parties concerned with Forest Genetic Resources and Tree Improvement

7.      FAO/UNEP project on Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources - Agreement and technical annexes

8.      Forest genetic resources priorities (by region, species and operation)

9.      Current status of gene conservation in Australia - native species by L.A. Pederick

10.    Seed Collections, Distribution and Storage Facilities in Nigeria