Unasylva - No. 109 - It's time to make paper in the tropics













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Vol. 27 (3)

1975

An international journal of forestry and forest industries

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome

A leading FAO publication on pulp and paper development

Guide for planning pulp and paper enterprises

FAO Forestry and Forest Products Study No. 18, 379 p., 26 ill., clothbound. US$12.50 or £8.00 (FF62.50) English, French and Spanish editions

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and
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON RAW MATERIAL, AND PULP AND PAPER MANUFACTURE

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Table of Contents


K.F.S. King
It's time to make paper in the tropics

Simeon de Jesus
How to make paper in the tropics

John E.G. Sikes
A clean piece of paper

Louis Henri Velay
Designing forest services to suit the country

Pierre Terver
Mission to the Sahel

Laurence Roche
The new look of African education

J.T. Wassink
Behind the bill of sale

The world of forestry

The coming IUFRO congress: Forestry and limited natural resources
Plenary sessions
FAO and UNEP plan forest fire programme
Chinese pulping reeds
Paper and progress go together

Legislation

General forest legislation
Forest industries
Wildlife
Hunting regulations
National parks

Books

Concerning the worms appetite for wood
Books received
Environment
Silviculture
Forest injuries and protection
Forest management
Forest products

Editorials

Pulp and paper from the tropics
Where research is needed

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