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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Rome, Italy
6–10 May 1974

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1974


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abbreviations

I.        THE PANEL

II.       RECOMMENDATIONS

III.      PROGRESS SINCE SECOND SESSION

IV.      METHODOLOGY OF CONSERVATION OF FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES

V.       CROP PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

VI.      A FIVE-YEAR GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES

VII.     ACTION PROGRAMME

VIII.    RELATED ACTIVITIES

IX.      LIST OF REFERENCES

Appendices

1.     Current membership of the Panel

2.     Forest genetic resources - FAO financial contributions

3.     Exploration and collection - plans and accomplishments since 1966

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

5.     Angiosperm trees in need of conservation

6.     A plan for genetic improvement of Pinus caribaea Mor. var. hondurensis Barr. and Golf., based on international cooperation and funding, with implementation coordinated by an Australian institution, by D.G. Nikles

7.     Agenda

8.     Methodology of conservation of forest genetic resources

9.     A note on the conservation of tree species in situ by Dr. W.G. Dyson

10.   Members of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources

11.   INTFORPROV by J. Burley, I.A. Andrew and H.J. Templeman