An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 52- 2001/3
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
Editing, design, graphics and desktop
publishing: Editorial Group,
FAO Information Division
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Cover photo: A vote by delegates at a Conference
of the Parties to the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
International Institute of Sustainable Development/A. Henry
B.M.G.S. Ruis
No forest convention but ten
tree treaties
L. Ivers
How does a convention
get to be a convention?
P. Moura-Costa
The climate convention and evolution of the market for forest-based carbon offsets
T. Liu
Influence of the Convention to Combat Desertification on forestry in China
E. Alvarez Godoy, S. Díaz Aguirre and M. Alessandrini Díaz
Rational use of forest residues