Unasylva - No. 166 - 10th World Forestry Congress













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An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 42 - 1991/3

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Paris, Palais des congrès, 17-26 septembre 1991

10th World Forestry Congress
10e Congrès Forestier Mondial
10e Congreso Forestal Mundial

Editor: Stephen A. Dembner

Language Editor: Rachel Tucker

Layout Editor: Marina Criscuolo

Editorial Assistant: Adriana Nabulon-Montefusco

Editorial Advisory Board Forestry Department: M.R. de Montalembert (Chairman), M. Chipeta, S. Dembner, R. Heinrich, M. Hoskins, L. Ljungman, M. Morell, M.K. Muthoo, C. Palmberg, E.H. Sène, N. Vergara.

Publications Division: K. Richmond (Editorial Branch)

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Guidelines for authors

Editorial: Tenth World Forestry Congress

An interview with FAO Director-General Edouard Saouma
Forestry in the 1990s

M.R. de Montalembert
Key forestry policy issues in the early 1990s

L.S. Hamilton
Tropical forests: Identifying and clarifying issues

Coordinated by Nasser
A lighter look at forestry issues

M.K. Muthoo
An overview of the FAO Forestry Field Programme

J. Sayer
Conservation and protection of tropical rain forests: The perspective of the World Conservation Union

J. Gadant
France's forests

D. Darr and D. Boulter
Timber trends and prospects for North America

World of forestry

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