Unasylva - No. 167 - Forest industry













Table of Contents


An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 42 - 1991/4

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Editor: Stephen A. Dembner

Language Editor: Rachel Tucker

Layout Editor: Marina Criscuolo

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)

Unasylva is published quarterly in English, French and Spanish editions. Subscription price: one year $18.00, payable to the Distribution and Sales Section, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, or to any of the FAO sales agents listed on the inside back cover.

Material not copyrighted may be reprinted with credit to Unasylva, FAO. Articles express the views of their authors, not necessarily those of FAO. Designations employed and presentation of material do not imply expression of any opinion on the part of FAO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The FAO publications reviewed in Unasylva may be ordered from any of the FAO sales agents listed on the inside back cover. The Distribution and Sales Section, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy, will process orders from countries where there are no sales agents.

Credits: Stora Skog, FAO, R. Heinrich, FAO, T. Frisk, FAO, S. Bunnag, S. Zalewski/WWF-France, UN, Kon. Inst./v/d Tropen, SIP, FAO, T. Frisk, Valmet, Govt. of Cuba, W.M. Cielsa, I. de Borhegyi, D. Burdon, M. Paveri.

This electronic document has been scanned using optical character recognition (OCR) software and careful manual recorrection. Even if the quality of digitalisation is high, the FAO declines all responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the present document and its original printed version.


Table of Contents


Guidelines for authors

Editorial: Forest industry - crucial for overall socio-economic development

B. Hägglund
Sweden: Using the forest as a renewable resource

M. Hasan
The Indonesian wood panel industry

I. J. Bourke
Domestic timber markets: Important outlets for the developing countries

A. Contreras-Hermosilla and H. Gregersen
Large-scale forest-based industrial development in developing countries

P. Mwaura and F: M. Kamau
An overview of forest industry in eastern and southern Africa

L. Lintu
The world market situation and new trends in newsprint

W. M. Ciesla
Cypress aphid: A new threat to Africa's forests

World of forestry

Books

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