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FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES
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CONTENTS

Note from the Editor

FAO Activities on in situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources

Strategies for the Establishment of a Network of in situ areas

Symposium, “Mass Production for Genetically Improved Forest Tree Species”

Review of Provenance Variation in Growth of Acacia mangium Willd. (C.E. Harwood & E.R. Williams)

IUFRO/CNSF Symposium, Field Tour & Workshop on Tree Seeds

Provenance Trials of Eucalyptus saligna in the Province of Antioquia, Colombia (L. F. Jara N.)

Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.) in Thailand (E.B. Lauridsen, C. Kanchanaburagura & S. Boonsermsuk)

Eucalyptus urophylla Seed Collections (B.V. Gunn & M.W. McDonald)

Eucalyptus pellita F.Muell. and Acacia Seed Collections in New Guinea, Sept – Oct 1990 (T.K. Vercoe & M.W. McDonald)

Activities of the National Prosopis Germplasm Bank (G. Verzino)

Information on the Forest Seed Bank in Santiago del Estero, Argentina

South Pacific Forestry Newsletter

Present Problems in the Legislation of Forest Reproductive Materials and the Need for Harmonization of Rules at an International Level (H-J. Muhs)

Meeting, “Tropical Trees: Potential for Domestication”

New Documents from Colombia

Recent Catalogues and Lists of Suppliers of Seed of Woody Species

Eucalyptus Seeds for Sale from Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florestais (IPEF), Brazil

Seeds for Sale from Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF), Chile

23rd International Seed Testing Congress

Recent Literature of Interest
Books, Handbooks
Conference and Workshop Proceedings
Information, Reports from Institutions, Associations etc.
Selected Articles from Journals and Periodicals

Recent Publications from DANIDA Forest Seed Centre

Australian Dry-Zone Acacias for Human Food

Cover photo: Forest Worker at a commuity forestry nursery near Kathmandu (Nepal). Foto: FAO 1988