Access to forestry journals

Many of the following journals are available by subscription only. Through FAO's subscription, FAO staff members at headquarters have direct access to all of these journals.

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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment (full text available from 1995)
The journal deals with the interface between agriculture and the environment. It is addressed to scientists in agriculture, food production, agroforestry, ecology, environment, earth and resource management, and administrators and policy-makers in these fields.

Agroforestry Systems (full text available from 2002)
The journal provides for all types of research concerned with the various aspects of agroforestry systems, and for critical reviews on all sustainable land management systems which combine agriculture, animal husbandry and trees on the same unit of land.

American Forests (full text available from 1994)
The magazine of trees and forests published by the American Forests, covers stories that are written to entice a general audience to care about tree planning and include profiles, in-depth analysus of current controversies, practical stories on current research and how-to's.

Annals of Forest Science (full text available from 2000 - Free access to online issues 2 years after publication)
Annals of Forest Science publishes eight issues of research papers related to trees and forests, in the form of reviews, original articles and notes. The journal is particularly interested in: environmental factors, silviculture, genetics and improvement, physiology, forest damage and wood quality.

Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation (full text available from 1997)
ITTO's Annual Review and Assessment of the World Timber Situation compiles the international statistics available on global production and trade of timber, with an emphasis on the tropics. It also provides information on trends in forest area, forest management and the economies of ITTO member countries.

Biological Conservation (full text available from 1995)
The main purpose of Biological Conservation is the dissemination of original papers dealing with the preservation of wildlife and the conservation or wise use of biological and allied natural resources. It is concerned with plants and animals and their habitats in a changing and increasingly man–dominated biosphere – in fresh and salt waters as well as on land and in the atmosphere.

Bioscience (full text available from 1988)
This journal presents overviews of current research in biology, accompanied by essays and discussion sections on education, public policy, history and the conceptual underpinnings of the biological sciences.

Boreal Environment Research (full text available from 2000)
The journal publishes original articles, reviews and short commentaries on various aspects of the boreal environment and its natural resources, in particular: environmental problems, their assessment, understanding and management, as well as the sustainable use of natural resources.

Bosques (full text available from 2002)
The journal is published in Spanish with abstracts in English. It disseminates the scientific and technological development of Forest Sciences and Wood Technology.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research (full text available from 1997 to May 2007)
The journal publishes articles in silviculture, forest mensuration, harvesting, vegetation management, tree physiology, ecophysiology, dendrochronology, forest ecology, forest fire ecology, forest soil biology, biotechnology, forest genetics, tree improvement, forest entomology and pathology, pollution effects, global change impacts, forest practices effects on biodiversity and sustainability, and forest economics.

Climate Policy (full text available from 2001 to 2003)
The journal aims to address the broad spectrum of policy issues raised by the prospect of changes in the global climate, and by the need for mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change. It seeks to provide a forum for the communication of research, analysis, review and discussion concerning any issue related to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and the negotiation of associated policy instruments.

Climatic Change (full text available from 1997)
The journal dedicated to the totality of the problem of climatic variability and change. Its purpose is to provide a means of exchange among those working on problems related to climatic variations, but in different disciplines.

Conservation Biology (full text available from 1997)
Conservation Biology publishes scientific papers on topics such as population ecology and genetics, ecosystem management, freshwater and marine conservation, landscape ecology, and the many human dimensions of conservation and is the most frequently cited conservation journal in the world.

Ecological Economics (full text available from 1995)
Specific research areas covered include: valuation of natural resources, sustainable agriculture and development, ecologically integrated technology, integrated ecologic-economic modelling at scales from local to regional to global, implications of thermodynamics for economics and ecology, renewable resource management and conservation, etc.

Ecologist (full text available from 1999)
Publishes on the subject of rainforest destruction, climate change and the impact of globalization.

Environmental Conservation (full text available from 1997)
Environmental Conservation aims to cover all aspects of the field, including issues in human institutions, pollution and habitat degradation, energy and materials sources, resource exploitation, terrestrial biomes, atmospheric and oceanic processes, and coastal management.

Environmental Management (full text available from 1997)
The journal publishes research and opinions concerning the use and conservation of natural resources, the protection of habitats and the control of hazards.

Environmental Policy and Law (full text available from 1999)
Concentrates on all legal, administrative and policy matters relevant to the human and natural environment: air, water and soil pollution as well as waste management; the conservation of flora and fauna; protected areas and land-use control; development and conservation of the world's non-renewable resources.

Environment and Development Economics (full text available from 1997 to 2003)
The publication is positioned at the intersection of environmental, resource and development economics. The journal is divided into two main sections, Theory and Applications, which includes regular academic papers and Policy Options, including papers that may be of interest to the wider policy community.

Fire Management Today (full text available from 1999)
Fire Management Today Concerns to wildland fire community.

Floresta e Ambiente (full text available from 1998)
Floresta e Ambiente is a annual publication from the Forest Institute of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, offering original scientific papers on sustainability of the ecosystem and new technological development in the Forestry area.

Forest@ (full text available from 2004)
Published by Italian Society of Silvicultura and Forest Ecology.

Forest Science (full text available from 2001)
Forest Science, published in February, April, June, August, October and December, publishing articles in forestry research: silviculture, soils, biometry, disease, recreation, photosynthesis and tree physiology as well as all aspects of management and harvesting, and policy analysis. It also features reviews of recent publications.

Hardwoodmarkets.com (full text available from 1998)
Hardwoodmarkets.com is an independent monthly journal providing information on hardwood resources and markets worldwide.
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International Forestry Review (full text available from 2002)
a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers, comments and book reviews covering forest science, policy, management and conservation. It is published four times per year.

International Journal of Pest Management (full text available from 1997)
The journal publishes original research papers concerning the control of pests and diseases of plants of economic, conservation, medicinal and amenity value within the areas of agriculture, horticulture, forestry, conservation and stored products research.

International Wildlife (full text available from 1997)
The journal publishes articles on nature conservation and land resources.

Journal Energy for Sustainable Development (ESD) (full text available from 1994)
The journal is meant to be a vehicle of communication between Northern and Southern energy actors on the energy goals and policies as well as with energy plans and projects in developing countries. It also aims to promote South-South interactions to tackle these problems.

Journal of Applied Ecology ( full text available from 1998)
the Journal provides generic, topical and applicable knowledge from all types of organisms and all types of ecosystems.

Journal of Forest Economics (full text available from 2004) )
The journal covers all aspects of forest economics, and publishes scientific papers in subject areas such as the following: - forest management problems: economics of silviculture, forest regulation and operational activities, managerial economics; - forest industry analysis: economics of processing, industrial organization problems, demand and supply. .

Journal of Environmental Management (full text available from 1999)
The Journal of Environmental Management , a peer reviewed periodical, publishes original research for all aspects of management and the managed use of the environment, both natural and man-made.

Journal of Forestry (full text available from 1999)
The Journal of Forestry is published eight times a year. The mission of the Journal is to advance the profession of forestry by keeping professionals informed about significant developments and ideas in forest science, natural resources management and forest policy.

Journal of Pulp and Paper Science (full text available from 2002)
The Journal of Pulp and Paper Science (JPPS) is devoted to the science of pulp and paper and its aim is to publish articles that illuminate the underlying principles of the technology of pulp and paper rather than those that are of a purely technological or engineering nature. JPPS is published monthly by the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada, on acid-free paper.
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Journal of Tropical Ecology (full text available from 1998 to 2003)
Journal of Tropical Ecology publishes papers in the field of the ecology of tropical regions, either arising from original research (experimental and descriptive) or forming significant reviews.

New Forests (full text available from 2002 to 2004)
An international journal publishes on the biology, biotechnology and management of afforestation and reforestation. Emphasis is placed on papers presenting the results of original research or the development of a theory of technique. Papers focus on such subjects as physiology, genetics, ecology, economics, protection and management of the six stages of afforestation and reforestation.

The Overstory (full text available from 1998)
The Overstory is an agroforestry journal for practitioners, researchers, professionals and enthusiasts. One issue is sent every two weeks focusing on a concept related to designing, developing and learning more about trees and agroforestry systems. Each edition includes project development strategies, brief book recommendations, species highlights and internet links to helpful information for agroforesters.

Pulp and Paper Canada (full text available from 1999)
The magazine reports on the pulp and paper industry in Canada through articles about the mills, the people and the innovations in research, technology, management and financing as well as forecasts of future trends.

Pulp and Paper International (full text available from 1997)
A monthly journal covering the latest business developments, operations techniques and technical innovations throughout the world in the pulp, paper and paperboard industry.

Resources (full text available from 1996)
The journal is a quarterly magazine published by Resources for the Future (RFF) covering a variety of environmental, energy and natural resource issues, and news about ongoing research and public outreach efforts at RFF.

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research (full text available from 1999 to 2005)
The Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research publishes original articles pertinent to forests and forestry of boreal and temperate regions, including the forestry-to-wood production chain. In addition to original articles and research contributed by international academics and professionals from within the forest industry, the journal presents News & Views section covering topical issues and items concerning R&D in the forest industry sector.

Scientia Forestalis (full text available from 1996)
Scientia Forestalis , published by the Institute of Research and Forestry Studies, Brazil, covers scientific work in the various areas of Forest Science published in Portuguese with abstracts and articles in English.

Society and Natural Resources (full text available from 1997)
Bringing together social science research on present and emerging environmental and natural resource issues, this journal focuses on natural resource management issues, including biological and physical changes, such as: acid rain biological and genetic diversity in worldwide agriculture hazardous and solid waste disposal and forest, fishery, soil, and water degradation.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry (full text available from 1995)
The scope of this journal covers original research on the biology, ecology and biochemical activities of all forms of life that exist in the soil environment such as the biological transformations of plant nutrients in soil, nitrogen fixation, soil-borne phases of plant parasites, the ecological control of soil-borne pathogens, the influence of pesticides on soil organisms, the biochemistry of pesticide and pollution decomposition in soil, microbial aspects of soil pollution, the composition of soil populations, modelling of biological processes in soil systems, the biochemical activities of soil organisms, soil enzymes and the interactions of soil organisms with plants and the effects of tillage on soil organisms and soil biochemistry.

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry (full text available from 2000)
The Southern Journal of Applied Forestry, a quarterly publication, aims to communicate new techniques and practices to foresters working in the field, covering an area from Virginia and Kentucky in the south to as far west as Oklahoma and east Texas in the United States.

Taiwan Journal of Forest Science (full text available from 1996)
A journal published by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. The journal is published in Chinese with an abstract in English.

Unasylva (full text available from 1947)
FAO’s international journal of forests, forestry and forest industries published quarterly in English, French and Spanish. Unasylva covers all aspects of forests and forestry: policy and planning; conservation and management of forest-based plants and animals; rural socio-economic development; species improvement; industrial development; international trade; and environmental considerations.

Women in Natural Resources (full text available from 2001)
Women in Natural Resources (WiNR) covers the field of natural resources. It is designed and written by women at all levels in forestry, fisheries, wildlife, range, recreation, soils, and the environmental and social sciences as they relate to natural resources.

World Conservation (full text available from 2002)
This journal is published three times a year in English, French and Spanish. Each issue focuses on various conservation themes, including mountains, threatened species, world heritage and forests.

Table of contents and abstracts

Ambio
Ambio addresses the scientific, social, economic, and cultural factors that influence the condition of the human environment.

Biological Conservation
Biological Conservation publishes field studies, analytical and modeling studies and review articles. The journal covers the discipline of conservation ecology.

Biotropica
Biotropica publishes reports of original research on the ecology and management of all tropical ecosystems and on the evolution, behavior, and population biology of tropical organisms.

Bois et Forêts des Tropiques
This is a quarterly magazine, focusing on research and development, and entirely devoted to the various forest and forestry sciences and technologies in the world's hot regions. Each issue deals with topical subjects in a wide range of scientific and technical disciplines. Articles are published in French, English and Spanish.

Forest Ecology and Management
The journal publishes scientific articles concerned with forest management and conservation, and in particular the application of biological, ecological and social knowledge to the management of man-made and natural forests. The scope of the journal includes all forest ecosystems of the world.

Economic Botany
Quarterly journal published by the Society for Economic Botany ¿ UK.

Forestry Chronicle
The Forestry Chronicle published by Canadian Institute of Forestry provides information to forest practitioners about professional and scientific management of forests and their resources.

International Forestry Review
The International Forestry Review is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers, research notes and book reviews on all aspects of forestry and forest research. It is published four times per year. Theme editions are a regular feature and attract a wide audience.

Investigación Agraria: Sistemas y Recursos Forestales
Published by the National Institute of Research and Technology Agrarian and Food (INA), Spain, it publishes original scientific articles.

Journal of Ecology
The Journal of Ecology publishes original research papers on all aspects of ecology of plants (including algae) in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, descriptive, experimental, historical and theoretical studies of plant communities, populations, individuals, and their interactions with other organisms (e.g. animals, microbes). The journal is published six times a year.

Landslides
The journal Landslides is the common platform for the publication of integrated research on landslide risk mitigation and the protection of cultural and natural heritage. The journal publishes research papers and information on the activities of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL).

Nature
Is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.

Plant Talk
Plant Talk is a worldwide network and forum for the exchange of information, opinion and ideas among the large but scattered community of people concerned about plants and conservation worldwide.

Silvae Genetica
Is a journal on forest tree breeding and genetics and related fields are published in German, English and French. The journal contains original articles, short notes, and book reviews.

Newsletter

Acid News
Reports mainly from Europe on the problems of acidification and air pollution, and measures that are being taken to counteract them. Four issues a year, delivered free on request.

Advancing Together
The newsletter of the International Land Coalition

APAFRI Brief
The Asia Pacific Association of Forestry Research Institutions newsletter

Arborvitae Newsletter
The IUCN and WWF Forest Conservation Newsletter

Asia-Pacific Community Forestry Newsletter
The Asia Pacific Community Forestry Newsletter is produced three times a year and is a publication of the Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC).

Bollettino Elettronico Soci SISEF
Published by Italian Society of Silvicultura and Forest Ecology quarterly.

Branch Lines
Published by the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Colombia three times each year.

Bulletin of the International Association for Mediterranean Forests
Newsletter of the International Association for Mediterranean Forests. Not issued in a regular basis.

CBD news
Newsletters published by The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD).

CDIAC Communications
Newsletter of the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center.

CIFOR News Online
Newsletter of the Center for International Forestry Research, issued in January, May and September each year.

CLIM-FO-L
A forum for sharing information and experiences about climate change and forestry including publications, Web sites, events and job opportunities, project information and developments of climate change negotiations.

Connections
Newsletter of the International Model Forest Network

Concept Forestal
Electronic bulletin of Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Alimentos

Developments
Electronic bulletin of DAI consultants

Development News
Contains news on Forest & Landscape Denmark’s activities and environment programme.

ENERGIA News
Newsletter of the Network for Gender and Sustainable Energy.

ETFRN Newsletter
Newsletter of the European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN).

EnsisLINK
Newsletter published by Ensis an unincorporated joint venture between Australia’s CSIRO and New Zealand’s Scion.

Eucalyptus Newsletter
Technological issues about eucalyptus.

Footnotes
The newsletter of the foothills model forest.

Forest & Landscape Development Briefs Policy
Newsletter of the Forest and Landscape Denmark.

Forest Energy Newsletter
A biannual newsletter compiled by Tina Etherington and Miguel Trossero of FAO’s Wood and Non-Wood Products Utilization Branch (Forest Products Division, Forestry Department). The aim is to provide readers with information on the issues surrounding the entire range of fuels that can be derived from forest biomass. A forum for dialogue and a quick, direct source of information on all aspects of wood energy, including its use to combat greenhouse gas emissions. Each issue will contain a special feature, news and notes, country-focused information (the country compass), a listing of events of interest and feedback from readers.

Forest Genetic Resources Bulletin
Published annually in English, French and Spanish by the Forest Resources Division of FAO.

Forest Harvesting Bulletin
Since 1991 FAO has been annually producing the Forest Harvesting Bulletin in order to promote environmentally sound forest harvesting practice.

id21 Natural Resources Highlights
Newsletter of the Institute of Development Studies - id21 - of Bristol, United Kingdom.

IEA Bioenergy News
The newsletter of the IEA Bioenergy organization of the International Energy Agency (IEA)

IUFRO News
Newsletter of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.

La feuille et l'aiguille
Bulletin of the Forêt Méditerranéenne Association.

Merkblatt für die Praxis
The results of research are published to constitute knowledge and guide. The series address forestry and nature conservation. Available in Dutch and French.

METSO
Newsletter of the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland, published by the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

Non-wood News
An annual newsletter produced by FAO's Forest Products Service (Forest Products and Economics Division, Forestry Department). The aim is to provide readers with information on the potential of "non-wood forest products" and their contribution to the sustainable development of the world's forest resources. "Non-wood forest products" (NWFPs) comprise a multiplicity of goods (other than wood) provided by forests, other wooded lands and trees outside forests (such as foods, medicinal plants, spices, resins, gums, latexes, etc). This bulletin also includes articles on important forest-related services such as hunting, grazing, ecotourism and bioprospecting.

NTFP
Newsletter of the Non-Timber Forest Products Research Centre

Renewable Natural Resources - RNR Newsletter
A bimonthly publication of the Ministry of Agriculture, Royal Government of Bhutan.

Rural Policy Matters
A monthly newsletter which provides news of interest to citizens and community groups working on state-level policy issues affecting rural schools in the United States.

Rural Roots
Rural Roots is a publication that shares some of the incredible variety of place-based education work that is happening around the United States.

Samara
Newsletter of the Partners of the Millennium Seed Bank Project.

Science Findings
Published by the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the US to communicate the most significant findings about land management.

SFM Network Research Note Series
Published by the Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM), Canada.

Taiga News
Newsletter on boreal forests

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center – ORNL DAAC Newsletter
This semiannual newsletter contains announcements of new data sets and services being offered to the public as well as news of other happenings and events of the NASA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC)

Timber Branch
This presents the activities of the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission who work together to promote sustainable forest management in Europe, the CIS and North America.

Tiempo Climate Newswatch
A weekly magazine with selected news, comment, interviews and other features covering climate and development.

Voices from the Forest
is the Non-timber Forest Products (NTFP) exchange programme's bulletin. Published twice a year, it highlights success stories in the field, the NTFP-EP's programmes, activities and pressing issues related to NTFP’s in the Asia region.

Viewpoint Newsletter
The national newsletter of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural Resources Canada.

Serials

Community Forestry Cartoon Booklets
The series provides colourful cartoon magazines that raise awareness among young people of the importance of forests, threats to forests and sustainable resource management.

Community Forestry Case Study Series
The goal of the series is to determine more effective ways in which farmers can be supported in their own processes of experimentation and knowledge sharing, while at the same time working towards a consolidation of local forestry knowledge.

Community Forestry Field Manuals
Published by FAO.

Community Forestry Notes
The purpose of this Community Forestry Note is to fill the vacuum left by the fact that in community forestry, as well as in agroforestry and other development activities, the contribution of wildlife to rural livelihoods has been greatly undervalued. The intent is to raise wild animals to their rightful value in the community forestry development process, and to provide an input for designing projects in ways that better fit the reality of most rural people in the tropics.

Community Forestry Working Papers
The working paper is an attempt to share current information with those concerned about and working on these issues.

Fibre supply study
In late 1995, the Forestry Department developed the Global Fibre Supply Model with an outlook to the year 2010. The general objective of the study was to produce reliable data, information and analysis of industrial fibre sources. A team of experts, collected the latest available information on a country-by-country basis and produced a series of working papers on: sustainable forest management; improved productivity from industrial forest plantations; fibre supply modelling; and recovered and non-wood fibre.

Forest Research Annual Report and Accounts
Published by the Forestry Commission, the Government Department responsible for forestry policy throughout Great Britain.

Forest products outlook study
Working papers have been commissioned on a few topics that have been considered as most important for the future wood product market outlook, including: likely future changes in the nature and type of wood and fibre supplies; trends in processing; and the future outlook for fuelwood supply and demand.

Research Report
Published by the Ministry of Forests, British Colombia - Canada.

Rural Development Forestry Network (RDFN)
RDFN papers are outputs from the ODI Rural Development Forestry Network

Technical Report
Published by the Ministry of Forests, British Colombia - Canada.

last updated: Friday, October 9, 2009