Forestry Information Centre

Collection

Books and periodicals The Forestry Branch Library houses periodicals from the past five years and books from the past ten years. Older forestry publications are integrated into the David Lubin Memorial Library collection.

FAO Forestry publications

The Forestry Branch Library maintains a complete collection of FAO Forestry Department publications.

FAO project documents

FAO Forestry project documents are kept in the Forestry Branch Library for ten years, organized geographically. Older project documents are integrated in the David Lubin Memorial Library collection of FAO documents.

Grey literature

Documents such as technical reports, government documents, unpublished papers, etc. are often difficult to identify and acquire through normal bookselling channels and for this reason, are sometimes referred to as "grey literature". The Forestry Branch Library has always made a special effort to maintain a collection of this type of material in the knowledge that it is often difficult for users to identify and obtain it. The Library houses three collections considered "grey literature": species files, country files and subject files, including documentation on FAO forestry projects, papers and reports from various FAO meetings and information from other international organizations.

Printed and electronic books, journals and other documents held by the Library may be searched using the FAO library catalogue.