DATABOOK ON ENDANGERED TREE AND SHRUB SPECIES AND PROVENANCES |
| A publication in the series of FAO Forestry Papers |
| The above publication which was announced in Forest Genetic Resources Information No. 14 is now available. |
| At its 5th Session in Rome in 1981, the FAO Panel of Experts on Forest Gene Resources included in its list of species in need of attention, 81 species considered threatened with extinction or subject to severe genetic depletion. These 81 species, endangered either at the species or provenance level, form the basis for the present book. |
| The list of species included is by no means a complete list of endangered woody species, but represents a cross-cut of those species which the Panel considered should urgently be included in genetic resources programmes. |
| The main purpose of the book is to draw the attention of decision-makers, scientists and international and national organizations to the conservation needs of the species in question. |
| To facilitate conservation activities, the book gives information on distribution, ecology, biology; actual or potential uses; silviculture; genetic status, and remedial action underway or recommended to safeguard the genetic resources at species and provenance levels. |
| The book attempts to give as reliable an account as possible of each species, and over fourty scientists from more than twenty institutes worldwide have contributed to the Data Sheets. |
| The book is available from FAO, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, and from FAO Distribution and Sales Agents around the world. |
