Volume 25 - NUMBER 104, 1971
An international review of forestry and forest industries
Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Director-General A. H. BOERMA
Unasylva - Published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Editor LESLIE J. VERNELL
Started in 1947, this international review of forestry and forest industries is intended to present a range of interests as wide as that of the Department whose worn it mirrors. Signed articles express the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Organization.
Forestry Department
Assistant Director - General B.K. STEENBERG
Editorial J
ACK C. WESTOBY
Board R.G. FONTAINE
P.J. VAKOMIES
L.E. HUGUET
L. GIMENEZ-QUINTANA
Cover. The 1972 FAO Ceres metal is by the French medallist Georges Simon, from a design by Mario Cassola of FAO on the analogy "Forestry is for people." The obverse side represents Indira Gandhi of India, as a stateswoman having some of the heaviest responsibilities of modern times. Ceres was the Roman Goddess of Agriculture.
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Seventh world forestry congress
Buenos Aires 1972
Declaration
Congress officers
The crucial forestry issues of today's world as seen from FAO
National organizing commission (Argentina)
The role of forests within an integrated agrarian policy
Foresters and decision-making
Modernizing forestry legislation and financial incentives
Mechanization and rationalization of forest work
Commission I: The silviculturists
Commission II: The professors, teachers and students
Commission III: The conservationists and recreationists
Commission IV: The loggers
Commission V: The researchers
Commission VI: The economists, administrators and planners
Commission VII: The industrialists
Commission VIII: Open forum