FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES No. 30

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2002

ISSN 1020-4431

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Cover photo: Acacia mangium, an important plantation species in the tropics. Phu To, Vietnam. (Photo: Peter Iversen, FAO)

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Editors of this issue in the
Forest Resources Development Service were:
Christel Palmberg-Lerche
Peter Aarup Iversen
Pierre Sigaud

NOTE FROM THE EDITORS

OBITUARY

FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL,

THE STATUS OF INVASIVE ALIEN FOREST TREES SPECIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,,

EX SITU CONSERVATION OF ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA (BERT.) O. KTZE. IN SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL

THE ROLE AND IMPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN FORESTRY,

THE MEXICAN ISLAND POPULATIONS OF PINUS RADIATA: AN INTERNATIONAL EXPEDITION AND ONGOING COLLABORATION FOR GENETIC CONSERVATION

TREE SEEDS AND THE MILLENNIUM SEED BANK PROJECT

SOUTHEAST ASIAN WORKSHOP ON FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES

ASSESSMENT OF FOUR NEEM (AZADIRACHTA INDICA A. JUSS.) INTERNATIONAL PROVENANCE TRIALS IN TANZANIA