Vol. 19 (3)
1965
An international review of forestry and forest products
FAO - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FAO - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations was founded at Quebec, Canada, in October 1945 when its Member Nations agreed to work together to secure a lasting peace through freedom from want. The membership of FAO now stands at 110 nations.
Forestry and Forest Products Division:
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Director |
N. A. OSARA |
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Deputy Director |
J. C. WESTOBY |
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Assistant to Director |
L. J. VERNELL |
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Chiefs of Branches |
A. MÉTRO |
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Former Directors | |
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1949-59 |
MARCEL LELOUP |
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1959-63 |
EGON GLESINGER |
Cover photograph: Decay fungi often destroy wood in greater volume than we realize. The heartwood has been removed from this white oak, leaving but a thin ring of usable wood.
(Photo: United States Forest Service)
Unasylva - Started in 1947, this quarterly publication is intended to cover a range of interests as wide as that of the Division whose work it mirrors.
Signed articles express the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Organization.
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FAO/IUFRO symposium on internationally dangerous forest diseases and insects - General introduction
1. The importance of forest diseases and insects
Risks of intercontinental spread
Intercontinental dispersal
Appraisal and prediction
3. World situation with regard to forest diseases
Why measure forest disease impact?
Kinds of disease impact
Natural versus plantation forests
Geographic relationships
Attention focused on disease impact
More pathologists needed
4. World situation with regard to forest insects
Australia and New Zealand
Africa
Europe
India and Pakistan
South and Central America
North America
Summary and conclusions
5. Known and potential dangers from different kinds of disease
6. Preventive measures, with special reference to plant quarantine
Techniques of improved quarantines
Other forest products
Plant protection organizations
7. Control of forest insects and diseases
Part I. Forest insect control
Part II. Forest disease control
Part I. Research and practice - Training - Publications
Part II. Test plantations - Certification - International registers
General
Recommendations to international organizations
Technical recommendations
Appendix 1. List of meetings and documents
Meeting I
Meetings II - III
Meetings IV - V
Meeting VI
Meetings VII-VIII
Meeting IX
Meetings X - XIAppendix 2. Symposium officers and committee members
Appendix 3. List of participantsAlphabetical
By country or organization
International organizations