Unasylva - No. 187 - Forest conservation and utilization













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An international journal of the forestry and food industries - Vol. 47 - 1996/4

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Editor: S.A. Dembner

Language Editor: R. Tucker

Layout Editor: M. Criscuolo

Editorial Advisory Board

Forestry Department: M.R. de Montalembert (Chairman), J. Anderson, J. Ball, I.J. Bourke, S. Braatz, J. Clement, S.A. Dembner, M. Morell, O. Serrano, P. Tesha, P. Vantomme

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Guidelines for authors

Editorial - Forest conservation and utilization

C. Elliott
Paradigms of forest conservation

G. Wohlfahrt
The Swedish forest industry in the ecocycle

J.J. Gerwing, J.S. Johns and E. Vidal
Reducing waste during logging and log processing: Forest conservation in eastern Amazonia

D.D. Tewari and J.Y. Campbell
Increased development of non-timber forest products in India: Some issues and concerns

J.G. Colvin

Indigenous ecotourism: The Capirona programme in Napo Province, Ecuador

T. Hurka
Sustainable development: What do we owe to future generations?

K. Theophile
Forests and employment

FAO forestry

The state of the world's forests
FAO Forestry Department launches Global Fibre Supply Study
Conflict and forestry: An electronic conference on conflict resolution
The FAO information system on forest genetic resources
Participatory watershed management in Hoang Bô district, Viet Nam

World of forestry

11th World Forestry Congress
Technical programme by main areas and topics

Books

World directory of and lands research institutions
Non-timber forest products in the Asian context
FAO forest harvesting case-studies

Where to purchase FAO publications locally - Points de vente des publications de la FAO - Puntos de venta de publicaciones de la FAO