Unasylva - No. 117 - The political economy of pulp and paper













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Vol. 29

1977

An international journal of forestry and forest industries

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

T.M. Pasca, Editor, Forestry Department, FAO

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K. F. S. King
The political economy of pulp and paper

Robert L. Youngs
Research in tropical wood utilization

Dennis Richardson
A Faustian dilemma

J. B. Braziers and C. Webster
Timber standards based on end use

Domingo M. Lantican
Educating for forest industries in the Philippines

Hywel Roberts
When ambrosia beetles attack mahogany trees in Fiji

The world of forestry

B.R. Sen Award to Turkish forester
8th world forestry congress asks for country reports

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