Unasylva - No. 181 - Silviculture













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An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 46 - 1995/2

FAO - Food and agriculture organization of the United Nations

Editor: Stephen A. Dembner
Language Editor: Rachel Tucker
Layout Editor: Marina Criscuolo
Editorial Advisory Board
Forestry Department: M.R. de Montalembert (Chairman), M. Chipeta, S.A. Dembner, R. Heinrich, M. Hoskins, M. Morell, M.K. Muthoo, C. Palmberg-Lerche, E.H. Sène.
Publications Division: K. Richmond (Editorial Branch)

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Guidelines for authors

Editorial: Silviculture: a key to sustainable forest management

J.G. Bertault, B. Dupuy and H.F. Maître
Silviculture for sustainable management of tropical moist forest

C. Linares Bensimon
Silvicultural management proposal for Alexander von Humboldt National Forest

M. Soto Flandez
Dry forest silviculture in the Sudano-Sahelian region: Burkina Faso's experience

S. Hagner
Silviculture in boreal forests

H. Benskin and L. Bedford
Multiple-purpose silviculture in British Columbia

J. Kartasubrata and K.F. Wiersum

Traditions and recent advances in tropical silvicultural research in Indonesia

M.Z. Hussain
Silviculture of mangroves

B.A. Wilcox
Tropical forest resources and biodiversity the risks of forest loss and degradation

A. Agrawal
Population pressure = forest degradation: an oversimplistic equation?

World of forestry

Books

The state of food and agriculture
Forest management in Chile
Quantifying silvicultural planning
A practical guide for the introduction of ecology in rural primary education
Trends in the consumption, production and trade of pulp and paper products

Letters

Where to purchase FAO publications locally - Points de vente des publications de la FAO - Puntos de venta de publicaciones de la FAO