FAO TECHNICAL PAPERS

FAO FORESTRY PAPERS

1	Forest utilization contracts on public land, 1977 (E F S)
2	Planning forest roads and harvesting systems, 1977 (E F S)
3	World list of forestry schools, 1977 (E/F/S)
3 Rev. 1	World list of forestry schools, 1981 (E/F/S)
3 Rev. 2	World list of forestry schools, 1986 (E/F/S)
4/1	World pulp and paper demand, supply and trade 1 - Vol. 1, 1977 (E F S)
4/2	World pulp and paper demand, supply and trade - Vol. 2, 1977 (E F S)
5	The marketing of tropical wood in South America, 1976 (E S)
6	National parks planning, 1976 (E F S**)
7	Forestry for local community development, 1978 (Ar E F S)
8	Establishment techniques for forest plantations, 1978 (Ar C E* F S)
9	Wood chips - production, handling, transport, 1976 (C E S)
10/1	Assessment of logging costs from forest inventories in the tropics - 1. Principles and methodology, 1978 (E F S)
10/2	Assessment of logging costs from forest inventories in the tropics - 2. Data collection and calculations, 1978 (E F S)
11	Savanna afforestation in Africa, 1977 (E F)
12	China: forestry support for agriculture, 1978 (E)
13	Forest products prices 1960-1977, 1979 (E/F/S)
14	Mountain forest roads and harvesting, 1979 (E)
14 Rev. 1	Logging and transport in steep terrain, 1985 (E)
15	AGRIS forestry - world catalogue of information and documentation services, 1979 (E/F/S)
16	China: integrated wood processing industries, 1979 (E F S)
17	Economic analysis of forestry projects, 1979 (E F S)
17 Sup. 1	Economic analysis of forestry projects: case studies, 1979 (E S)
17 Sup. 2	Economic analysis of forestry projects: readings, 1980 (C E)
18	Forest products prices 1960-1978, 1980 (E/F/S)
19/1	Pulping and paper-making properties of fast-growing plantation wood species - Vol. 1, 1980 (E)
19/2	Pulping and paper-making properties of fast-growing plantation wood species - Vol. 2, 1980 (E)
20	Forest tree improvement, 1985 (C E F S)
20/2	A guide to forest seed handling, 1985 (E S)
21	Impact on soils of fast-growing species in lowland humid tropics, 1980 (E F S)
22/1	Forest volume estimation and yield prediction - Vol. 1. Volume estimation, 1980 (C E F S)
22/2	Forest volume estimation and yield prediction - Vol. 2. Yield prediction, 1980 (C E F S)
23	Forest products prices 1961-1980, 1981 (E/F/S)
24	Cable logging systems, 1981 (C E)
25	Public forestry administrations in Latin America, 1981 (E)
26	Forestry and rural development, 1981 (E F S)
27	Manual of forest inventory, 1981 (E F)
28	Small and medium sawmills in developing countries, 1981 (E S)
29	World forest products, demand and supply 1990 and 2000, 1982 (E F S)
30	Tropical forest resources, 1982 (E F S)
31	Appropriate technology in forestry, 1982 (E)
32	Classification and definitions of forest products, 1982 (Ar/E/F/S)
33	Logging of mountain forests, 1982 (E F S)
34	Fruit-bearing forest trees, 1982 (E F S)
35	Forestry in China, 1982 (C E)
36	Basic technology in forest operations, 1982 (E F S)
37	Conservation and development of tropical forest resources, 1982 (E F S)
38	Forest products prices 1962-1981, 1982 (E/F/S)
39	Frame saw manual, 1982 (E)
40	Circular saw manual, 1983 (E)
41	Simple technologies for charcoal making, 1983 (E F S)
42	Fuelwood supplies in the developing countries, 1983 (Ar E F S)
43	Forest revenue systems in developing countries, 1983 (E F S)
44/1	Food and fruit-bearing forest species - 1. Examples from eastern Africa, 1983 (E F S)
44/2	Food and fruit-bearing forest species - 2. Examples from southeastern Asia, 1984 (E F S)
44/3	Food and fruit-bearing forest species - 3. Examples from Latin America, 1986 (E S)
45	Establishing pulp and paper mills, 1983 (E)
46	Forest products prices 1963-1982, 1983 (E/F/S)
47	Technical forestry education - design and implementation, 1984 (E F S)
48	Land evaluation for forestry, 1984 (C E F S)
49	Wood extraction with oxen and agricultural tractors, 1986 (E F S)
50	Changes in shifting cultivation in Africa, 1984 (E F)
50/1	Changes in shifting cultivation in Africa - seven case-studies, 1985 (E)
51/1	Studies on the volume and yield of tropical forest stands - 1. Dry forest formations, 1989 (E F)
52/1	Cost estimating in sawmilling industries: guidelines, 1984 (E)
52/2	Field manual on cost estimation in sawmilling industries, 1985 (E)
53	Intensive multiple-use forest management in Kerala, 1984 (E F S)
54	Planificación del desarrollo forestal, 1984 (S)
55	Intensive multiple-use forest management in the tropics, 1985 (E F S)
56	Breeding poplars for disease resistance, 1985 (E)
57	Coconut wood - Processing and use, 1985 (E S)
58	Sawdoctoring manual, 1985 (E S)
59	The ecological effects of eucalyptus, 1985 (C E F S)
60	Monitoring and evaluation of participatory forestry projects, 1985 (E F S)
61	Forest products prices 1965-1984, 1985 (E/F/S)
62	World list of institutions engaged in forestry and forest products research, 1985 (E/F/S)
63	Industrial charcoal making, 1985 (E)
64	Tree growing by rural people, 1985 (Ar E F S)
65	Forest legislation in selected African countries, 1986 (E F)
66	Forestry extension organization, 1986 (C E S)
67	Some medicinal forest plants of Africa and Latin America, 1986 (E)
68	Appropriate forest industries, 1986 (E)
69	Management of forest industries, 1986 (E)
70	Wildland fire management terminology, 1986 (E/F/S)
71	World compendium of forestry and forest products research institutions, 1986 (E/F/S)
72	Wood gas as engine fuel, 1986 (E S)
73	Forest products: world outlook projections 1985-2000, 1986 (E/F/S)
74	Guidelines for forestry information processing, 1986 (E)
75	Monitoring and evaluation of social forestry in India - an operational guide, 1986 (E)
76	Wood preservation manual, 1986 (E)
77	Databook on endangered tree and shrub species and provenances, 1986 (E)
78	Appropriate wood harvesting in plantation forests, 1987 (E)
79	Small-scale forest-based processing enterprises, 1987 (E F S)
80	Forestry extension methods, 1987 (E)
81	Guidelines for forest policy formulation, 1987 (C E)
82	Forest products prices 1967-1986, 1988 (E/F/S)
83	Trade in forest products: a study of the barriers faced by the developing countries, 1988 (E)
84	Forest products: World outlook projections - Product and country tables 1987-2000, 1988 (E/F/S)
85	Forestry extension curricula, 1988 (E/F/S)
86	Forestry policies in Europe, 1988 (E)
87	Small-scale harvesting operations of wood and non-wood forest products involving rural people, 1988 (E F S)
88	Management of tropical moist forests in Africa, 1989 (E F P).
89	Review of forest management systems of tropical Asia, 1989 (E)
90	Forestry and food security, 1989 (Ar E S)
91	Design manual on basic wood harvesting technology, 1989 (E F S)
	(Published only as FAO Training Series, No. 18)
92	Forestry policies in Europe - An analysis, 1989 (E)
93	Energy conservation in the mechanical forest industries, 1990 (E S)
94	Manual on sawmill operational maintenance, 1990 (E)
95	Forest products prices 1969-1988, 1990 (E/F/S)
96	Planning and managing forestry research: guidelines for managers, 1990 (E)
97	Non-wood forest products: the way ahead, 1991 (E S)
98	Timber plantations in the humid tropics of Africa, 1993 (E F)
99	Cost control in forest harvesting and road construction, 1992 (E)
100	Introduction to ergonomics in forestry in developing countries, 1992 (E F I)
101	Management and conservation of closed forests in tropical America, 1993 (E F P S)
102	Research management in forestry, 1992 (E F S)
103	Mixed and pure forest plantations in the tropics and subtropics, 1992 (E F S)
104	Forest products prices 1971-1990, 1992 (E/F/S)
105	Compendium of pulp and paper training and research institutions, 1992 (E)
106	Economic assessment of forestry project impacts, 1992 (E/F)
107	Conservation of genetic resources in tropical forest management - Principles and concepts, 1993 (E/F/S)
108	A decade of wood energy activities within the Nairobi Programme of Action, 1993 (E)
109	Directory of forestry research organizations, 1993 (E)
110	Proceedings of the Meeting of Experts on Forestry Research, 1993 (E/F/S)
111	Forestry policies in the Near East region - Analysis and synthesis, 1993 (E)
112	Forest resources assessment 1990 - Tropical countries, 1993 (E)
113	Ex situ storage of seeds, pollen and in vitro cultures of perennial woody plant species, 1993 (E)
114	Assessing forestry project impacts: issues and strategies, 1993 (E F S)
115	Forestry policies of selected countries in Asia and the Pacific, 1993 (E)
116	Les panneaux a base de bois, 1993 (F)
117	Mangrove forest management guidelines, 1994 (E)
118	Biotechnology in forest tree improvement, 1994 (E)
119	Number not assigned
120	Decline and dieback of trees and forests - A global overview, 1994 (E)
121	Ecology and rural education - Manual for rural teachers, 1995 (E S)
122	Readings in sustainable forest management, 1994 (E S)
123	Forestry education - New trends and prospects, 1994 (E F S)
124	Forest resources assessment 1990 - Global synthesis, 1995 (E F S)
125	Forest products prices 1973-1992, 1995 (E F S)
126	Climate change, forests and forest management - An overview, 1995 (E)
127	Valuing forests: context, issues and guidelines, 1995 (E)
128	Forest resources assessment 1990 - Tropical forest plantation resources, 1995 (E)
129	Environmental impact assessment and environmental auditing in the pulp and paper
	industry, 1996 (E)
130	Forest resources assessment 1990 - Survey of tropical forest cover and study of change processes, 1996 (E)
131	Ecología y enseñanza rural - Nociones ambientales básicas para profesores rurales y extensionistas, 1996 (S)
132	Forestry policies of selected countries in Africa, 1996 (E/F)
133	Forest codes of practice - Contributing to environmentally sound forest operations, 1996 (E)
134	Estimating biomass and biomass change of tropical forests - A primer, 1997 (E)

Availability: January 1997

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The FAO Technical Papers are available through the authorized FAO Sales Agents or directly from Sales and Marketing Group, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy.

This publication is a practical guide for those who designed forest inventories in which biomass estimation is a component. It describes primary data and measurement requirement for assessment of biomass per hectare. As supporting material it provides wood density data for a large number of tropical species. The primer also presents methods that are available for estimating biomass per hectare of tropical forest using mainly existing data. To this end equation and default values are given for a variety of cases. Finally, biomass per hectare estimates are presented estimates are presented for many tropical countries using the methodologies given.