Unasylva - No. 156 - Tropical Rain Forest Management a status report













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Vol. 39

1987/2

Unasylva an international journal of forestry forest industries

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the Unite Nations

Editor a.i.
Richard Pardo

Language Editor
Roberta Mitchell

Layout Ear
Marina Criscuolo

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Fay Banoun, Marcelle Biagini,
Griselda Gomez, Farhana Haque

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Antoinette Fernandez Van Asten

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Forestry Department
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Table of Contents


Tropical rain forest management

R. Schmidt
Tropical rain forest management: A status report

Forestry research for development

F. Tesoro
Tropical limbers for construction in the ASEAN countries

Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu
West African wildlife: a resource in jeopardy

J.L. Whitmore
Plantation forestry in the tropics of Latin America: a research agenda

Wenyue Hsiung
Bamboo in China: new prospects for an ancient resource

Forestry research and TFAP

K. Prins
European limber: 2000 and beyond

B.C.Y. Freezailah
The International Tropical Timber Organization

The world of forestry

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