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FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES
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Note from the Editor

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), and the Framework Convention on Biodiversity

FAO Activities Undertaken in 1991 in Protected Area Management, Forest Biodiversity and Forest Genetic Resources

Advances in Tropical Acacia Research; Proceedings

Establishment and Management of ex situ Conservation Stands

Studies in Support of in situ Conservation of Brazilian Tropical Tree Species

Seed Collection and Field Evaluation of Hippophae rhamnoides (Zhao Hanzhang)

Genetic Studies in Faidherbia albida (H.I. Joly)

Eucalyptus pellita. Seed Collection in Papua New Guinea and North Queensland, Sept–Nov 1991 (B.V. Gunn, C.A. Gardiner, G.J. Morse).

Forest Resources and Ecosystem Conservation in Malaysia (Saw Len Guan)

Tropical Timber Species Listed in Appendices of CITES

Seed from Chile

Technical Coorperation Network on Plant Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribean

Forest Biotechnology (Special Issue, For.Ecol. & Man)

IUFRO's Special Programme for Developing Countries (SPDC) (L.F.Riley)

The Forestry Research Support Programme for Asia and the Pacific

Crop Genetic Resources of Africa (Proc. Int. Workshops)

Recent Publications from the DANIDA Forest Seed Centre

Errata

New species and provenance trials of dry zone African Acacia

Multipurpose trees and shrubs - sources of seed and inoculants

Recent Literature of Interest

YEAR OF PUBLICATION, FGRI

INDEX (1983–1992), by Author

INDEX (1983–1992), by Subject

INDEX (1983–1992), by Species

Cover photo: Terminalia superba provenance trial, 8 years old.
Mopri, Ivory Coast. (Photo: O. Souvannavong).