REPORT ON THE
20th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION AND OF THE 38th SESSION OF ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
Budapest, Hungary, 1 - 4 October 1996

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Table of Contents

PART I REPORT OF THE 38TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION

I ORGANIZATION

II THE SESSION

III POST-SESSION INFORMAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PART II REPORT OF THE 20TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION

I ORGANIZATION

II OPENING OF THE SESSION.

III THE SESSION'S ADMISSION OF NEW MEMBER NATIONS

IV ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN POPLAR AND WILLOW CULTIVATION AND UTILIZATION

V SYNTHESIS OF NATIONAL REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES RELATED TO POPLAR AND WILLOW AREAS, PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND THE FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSIONS

VI POPLAR AND WILLOW IDENTIFICATION AND VARIETAL CONTROL

VII JOINT MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTIES

VIII POPLAR AND WILLOW PROTECTION

IX LOGGING AND UTILIZATION

X BREEDING AND SELECTION OF POPLARS AND WILLOWS

XI BIOMASS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR THE SALICACEAE

XII RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION

XIII ELECTION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 1997-2000

XIV DATE AND PLACE OF THE NEXT SESSION

XV CLOSING OF THE SESSION

ANNEX I(a)
THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Budapest, Hungary, 1 October 1996
PROVISIONAL AGENDA

ANNEX I(b)
TWENTIETH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION
AND RELATED SESSIONS
Budapest, Hungary, 2-4 October 1996
PROVISIONAL AGENDA

ANNEX II
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

ANNEX III.A
LIST OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES

ANNEX III.B
LIST OF POSTERS

ANNEX IV
NATIONAL REPORTS AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONNAIRES ON THEME SENT TO THE SECRETARIAT