The State of the Worlds Forests 2003 was released by FAO on 10 March 2003. This is the fifth edition of the publication which reports every two years on the status of forests, recent major policy and institutional developments and key issues concerning the forest sector. One of its chapters considers the state of science and technology (including biotechnology) in the forest sector, where "resources invested in forest research are alarmingly inadequate and significant imbalances exist between developed and developing countries, government and industry, and different segments of the forest sector". See the publication (http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y7581E/Y7581E00.HTM ), a news story about its release (http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/news/2003/15080-en.html - in Arabic, English, French and Spanish) or contact FAO for more information.

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