Directory of heads of forest administrations

African region
Asia-Pacific region
European region
Latin-American region
Near East region
North American region

African region

ALGERIA	Chef du Service central des forêts et de la restauration des sols Ministère de l'agriculture 12 boulevard Colonel Amiroche Alger
BURUNDI	Directeur des eaux et forêts Ministère de l'agriculture Boîte postale 1850 Usumbura
CAMEROON
East Cameroon	Directeur des eaux et forêts Boîte postale 194 Yaoundé
West Cameroon	Director, Forestry Department Ministry of Natural Resources Buea
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	Chef du Service des eaux, forêts et chasse Boîte postale 830 Bangui
CHAD	Directeur des eaux, forêts et chasse Boîte postale 447 Fort-Lamy
CONGO (Brazzaville)	Directeur de l'Inspection générale des eaux et forêts Boîte postale 143 Pointe-Noire
CONGO (Democratic Republic of)	Directeur - Chef du Service f.f. Ministère de l'agriculture Gouvernement central Boîte postale 8722 Léopoldville 1
DAHOMEY	Chef du Service des eaux, forêts et chasse Boîte postale 393 Cotonou
ETHIOPIA	Director-General, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Ministry of Agriculture Addis Ababa
GABON	Conservateur des eaux et forêts Boîte postale 32 Libreville Gambia
GHANA	Chief Conservator of Forests Forestry Division Ministry of Agriculture P.O. Box 527 Accra
GUINEA.	Inspecteur général des eaux et forêts Boîte postale 624 Conakry
IVORY COAST	Chef du Service forestier Ministère de l'agriculture Boîte postale 1349 Abidjan
KENYA	Chief Conservator of Forests Forest Department P.O. Box 30513 Nairobi
LIBERIA	Chief, Bureau of Forest and Wildlife Conservation Department of Agriculture and Commerce Monrovia
LIBYA	(See under Near East)
MADAGASCAR	Directeur des eaux et forêts et de la conservation des sols Ministère de la forêt malgache et du reboisement national Tananarive
MALAWI1	Chief Conservator of Forests Department of Forestry and Game Ministry of Natural Resources, Surveys and Social Development P.O. Box 34 Zomba
MALI	Chef du Service forestier Bamako
MAURITANIA	Inspecteur des eaux et forêts Boîte postale 170 Nouakchott
MAURITIUS (Associate member)	Conservator of Forests Forest Department Curepipe
MOROCCO	Directeur des eaux et forêts et de la conservation des sols Ministère de l'agriculture et des forêts Rabat
NIGER	Chef du Service des eaux et forêts Ministère de l'économie rurale Niamey
NIGERIA
East	Chief Conservator of Forests Ministry of Agriculture P.M.B. 1028 Enugu
North	Chief Conservator of Forests Ministry of Animal Health and Forestry P.O. Box 2012 Kaduna
West	Chief Conservator of Forests Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources P.O. Box 5007 Ibadan
Mid-West	Chief Conservator of Forests Ministry of Agriculture Benin City
RWANDA	Ministère de l'agriculture et de l'élevage Boîte posters 16 Kigali
SENEGAL	Conservateur des eaux et forêts Boîte postale 1831 Dakar
SIERRA LEONE	Chief Conservator of Forests Ministry of Natural Resources Walpole Street Freetown
SOMALIA	(See under Near East)
SUDAN	(See under Near East)
TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF (Associate Member)	Chief Conservator of Forests Forest Division Ministry of Lands, Forests and Wildlife P.O. Box 426 Dar es Salaam Director of Agriculture P.O. Box 159 Zanzibar
TOGO	Chef du Service des eaux et forêts Lomé
TUNISIA	Sous-Directeur des forêts Secrétariat d'Etat à l'agriculture Tunis
UGANDA	Chief Conservator of Forests Forests Department Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives P.O. Box 31 Entebbe
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC	(See under Near East)
UPPER VOLTA	Directeur des eaux et forêts et de la conservation des sets Ouagadougou
ZAMBIA2	Chief Conservator of Forests Forest Department P.O. Box 228 Ndola

British territories

GAMBIA3	Forest Superintendent Forestry Division Corundum The Forester
SEYCHELLES (Colony)	Department of Agriculture Victoria, Mahe
ST. HELENA (Colony)	The Agricultural and Forestry Officer Department of Agriculture and Forestry Island of St. Helena

French overseas departments or territories

COMORO ISLANDS (Territory)	Chef du Service des eaux et forêts Boîte posters 41 Moroni, Iles Comores
FRENCH SOMALI-LAND (Territory)	Chef du Service agriculture-élevage. Ministère de la production, des affaires économiques et du plan Boîte posters 297 Djibouti
REUNION ISLAND (Department)	Conservateur des eaux et forêts Conservation de La Réunion 2 rue Mgr de Beaumont Saint-Denis

Portuguese overseas

ANGOLA	The Chief of the Forestry Service Directorate of Agricultural and Forest Services Cap. 1233 Luanda
MOZAMBIQUE	The Chief of the Forestry Service Directorate of Agricultural and Forest Services Cap. 250 Lourenço Marques

¹ Formerly the state of Nyasaland, part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Has applied for membership of FAO.

² Formerly Northern Rhodesia, part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Has applied for membership of FAO.

³ Independent state, 1 March 1965. Formerly a British Protectorate. Has applied for membership of FAO.

Spanish territories

SPANISH GUINEA	Jefe del Servicio Forestal Apartado de correos 3 Rió Benito
Countries which, although not Member Nations of FAO, are in frequent correspondence with the Organization
SOUTH AFRICA	Secretary of Forestry Department of Forestry P.O. Box 334 Pretoria
SOUTHERN RHODESIA	Director of Forestry S.R. Forestry Commission P.O. Box 8111 Causeway, Salisbury

Asia-Pacific region

AUSTRALIA	Director-General, Forestry and Timber Bureau Canberra A.C.T.
BURMA	Chief Conservator of Forests 25-26 Randeria Building Phayre Street Rangoon
CAMBODIA	Directeur du Service des eaux et forêts Phnom Penh
CEYLON	Acting Conservator of Forests Ministry of Lands and Land Development P.O. Box 509 Colombo 1
INDIA	Inspector-General of Forests Union Ministry of Food and Agriculture Department of Agriculture Krishi Bhavan New Delhi
INDONESIA	Head, Directorate of Forestry P. O. Box 66 Bogor
JAPAN	Director-General, Forestry Agency 2-1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
KOREA, REP. OF	Director, Bureau of Forestry Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Seoul
LAOS	Directeur des eaux et forêts Ministère de l'agriculture Vientiane
MALAYSIA
Malaya	Chief Conservator of Forests Forestry Division Swettenhain Road Kuala Lumpur
Sabah	Conservator of Forests P.O. Box 311 Sandakan
Sarawak	Conservator of Forests Kuching
Singapore	Timber Officer Trade Division, Ministry of Finance (2nd floor, Fullerton Building) Singapore City 1
NEPAL	Chief Conservator of Forests Ministry of Forests and Agriculture Singha Durbar Katmandu
NEW ZEALAND	Director-General of Forests New Zealand Forest Service, Private bag Wellington
PAKISTAN	(See under Near East)
PHILIPPINES	Director, Bureau of Forestry Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Manila
THAILAND	Director-General, Royal Forest Department Bangkok
VIET-NAM, REP. OF	Directeur des eaux et forêts, 30 rue Mac-Dinh-Chi Saigon

British territories

BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS (Protectorate)	Chief Forestry Officer Forestry Department Honiara, Guadalcanal
BRUNEI (Protectorate)	State Forest Officer Brunei
Fiji (Colony)	Conservator of Forests Forest Department Suva
HONG KONG (Colony)	Director, Agriculture and Fisheries Department North Kowloon Magistracy Tai Po Road Kowloon

French overseas territories

NEW CALEDONIA

Inspecteur des eaux et forêts Service des eaux et forêts Nouméa

Portuguese overseas provinces

PORTUGUESE TIMOR	The Chief Department of Agriculture Dili
Countries which, are in frequent although not Member Nations of FAO, correspondence with the Organization
BHUTAN	Conservator of Forests (Development Wing) Government of Bhutan Samchi (Bhutan)
CHINA (TAIWAN)	Director, Taiwan Forestry Bureau No. 2, First Section, South Hang Chow Road Taipeih, Taiwan

European region

AUSTRIA	Chief, Section V (Forestry) Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Stubenring 1 Vienna I
BELGIUM	Directeur général des eaux et forêts 32 boulevard Bischoffsheim Bruxelles
CYPRUS	Director of the Department of Forests Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Nicosia
DENMARK	Director of State Forests Frederiksgade 19 Copenhagen
FINLAND	Director-General of the State Board of Forestry Metsähallitus Erottajankatu 2 Helsinki
FRANCE	Directeur général des eaux et forêts 1 ter avenue Lowendal Paris 7e
GERMANY (Federal Republic of)	Minister-in-charge Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry 53 Bonn
GREECE	Director-General of Forestry and Mountain Hydronomy Ministry of Agriculture Athens
ICELAND	Director, State Forestry Service Grettisgötu 8 Reykjavik
IRELAND	The Secretary Department of Lands Forestry Division 22 Upper Merrion Street Dublin
ISRAEL	Director, Forestry Department Keren Kayemeth Leisrael (Land Development Authority) P.O. Box 45 Kiriat Hayim, Haifa
ITALY	Directeur général pour l'économie montagnarde et les forêts Ministère de l'agriculture Via G. Carducci 5 Rome
LUXEMBOURG	Directeur des forêts 26 rue Philippe II Luxembourg
MALTA	The Director, Department of Agriculture 93 Archbishop Street Valletta
NETHERLANDS	Director, State Forest Service Museumlaan 2 Utrecht
NORWAY	Director of Forestry Ministry of Agriculture Oslo
POLAND	The Director, Ministry of Forestry and Woodworking Industries Wawelska 52/54 Warsaw
PORTUGAL	General Directorate of Forestry Av. Eng. Duarte Pacheco Lisbon
ROMANIA	Ministre adjoint Ministère de l'économie forestière Bul. Republicii 16 Bucharest
SPAIN	Director General de Montes Ministerio de Agricultura Madrid
SWEDEN (Private forests)	Director-General Kungl. Skogsstyrelsen Stockholm C
(State forests)	Director-General Domänstyrelsen Box 2093 Stockholm 2
SWITZERLAND	Inspecteur général des forêts Inspection fédérale des forêts, chasse et pêche 26 Sulgenauweg Berne
TURKEY	Director-General of Forests Orman Genel Müdürü Ankara
UNITED KINGDOM
Great Britain	Director-General Forestry Commission 25 Savile Row London W.I.
Northern Ireland	The Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture (Forestry Division) Dundonald House Upper Newtownards Road Belfast 4
YUGOSLAVIA	Federal Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry Belgrade
Countries which, although not Member Nations of FAO, are in frequent correspondence with the Organization
BULGARIA	Chef du Comité des forêts et de l'industrie du bois Boul. Vladimir Poptomov 67 Sofia
CZECHOSLOVAKIA	Vice-Minister Director-General Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Forest Department Tesnov 65 Prague
HUNGARY	Director-General of Forests Kossuth Lajos-tér 11 Budapest V
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS	Minister Chairman of the State Committee for Forestry, Pulp and Paper and Wood Working Industries Kitaisky Proezd 7 Moscow

Latin-American region

ARGENTINA	Administrador General de Bosques Pueyrredón 2446 Buenos Aires
BOLIVIA	Director General Forestal Servicio Forestal y de Caza Ministerio de Agricultura La Paz
BRAZIL	Director-General of the Department of Natural Renewable Resources Ministry of Agriculture 6° Andar Brasilia, D.F.
BRITISH GUIANA (Associate Member)	The Conservator of Forests Forest Department P.O. Box 406 Georgetown
CHILE	Secretario Ejecutivo Comisión Nacional Forestal Consejo Superior de Fomento Agropecuario Arturo Prat 60, 5° piso Santiago
COLOMBIA	Director del Departamento de Recursos Naturales Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería Bogotá
COSTA RICA	Director del Departamento de Tierras y Bosques Instituto de Tierras y Colonización San José
CUBA	Departamento Forestal Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria Plaza Cívica La Habana
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	Director General Forestal Secretario de Estado de Agricultura Santo Domingo
ECUADOR	Director General de Fomento Forestal Ministerio de Fomento de la Producción Quito
EL SALVADOR	Director del Departamento de Conservación de Recursos Naturales Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería San Salvador
GUATEMALA	Director Forestal Dirección General Forestal Parque Nacional La Aurora Ciudad de Guatemala
HAITI	Directeur du Service de conservation des sols, des forêts et de la protection de la faune Département de l'agriculture, des ressources naturelles et du développement rural Port-au-Prince
HONDURAS	Director General de Recursos Naturales Secretaría de Estado en el Despacho de Recursos Naturales Tegucigalpa
JAMAICA	The Conservator of Forests Forest Department c/o Ministry of Agriculture and Lands P.O. Box 480 Kingston
MEXICO	(See under North America)
NICARAGUA	Jefe del Departamento de Dasonomía Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería Managua
PANAMA	Director del Departamento Forestal y Suelos Servicio Interamericano de Cooperación Agrícola en Panama (SICAP) Apartado de correos 5202 Ciudad de Panamá
PARAGUAY	Director General de Recursos Naturales Renovables Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería Asunción
PERU	Jefe del Servicio Forestal y de Caza Ministerio de Agricultura Lima
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	The Conservator of Forests Forest Department Long Circular Road Port-of-Spain
URUGUAY	Jefe de la División Forestal Toledo
VENEZUELA	Director de Recursos Naturales Renovables Ministerio de Agricultura y Cría Caracas

British territories

BRITISH HONDURAS	Conservator of Forests Forest Department P.O. Box 181 Belize
WINDWARD ISLANDS	The Conservator of Forests Government Buildings P.O. Box 196 Castries, St. Lucia

French overseas

FRENCH GUIANA (Département de la Guyane)	Conservateur des eaux et forêts Conservation de la Guyane Place de Grenoble Cayenne
FRENCH ANTILLES (Département de la Guadeloupe et de la Martinique)	Conservateur des eaux et forêts Conservation des Antilles Rue du Stade Gouverneur général Félix-Eboué Basse-Terre

Netherlands territories

SURINAM (Autonomous member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)

Conservator of Forests Forest Service P.O. Box 436 Paramaribo

United States territories

PUERTO RICO

Department of Agriculture Forest Service - Tropical Region P.O. Box 577 Río Piedras

Near East region

AFGHANISTAN	Forestry and Range Management Officer Ministry of Agriculture Kabul
CYPRUS	(See under Europe)
ETHIOPIA	(See under Africa)
IRAN	Director-General of the Forestry Organization Ministry of Agriculture Bongah Djangalha (Forest Service) 121, Fisherabad Street Tehran
IRAQ	Director-General of Forests Ministry of Agriculture Baghdad
JORDAN	Director, Department of Forestry P.O. Box 860 Amman
KUWAIT	Head, Agricultural Section Ministry of Public Works Kuwait
LEBANON	Directeur des forêts et des ressources naturelles Ministère de l'agriculture Rue de Damas Beyrouth
LIBYA	Director of Forests and Range Management Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Sidi Mesri, Tripoli
PAKISTAN	Inspector-General of Forests Ministry of Food and Agriculture Government of Pakistan Rawalpindi
SAUDI ARABIA	The Chief, Forestry Section Ministry of Agriculture Riyadh
SOMALIA	Chief, Forestry Service Department of Animal Husbandry Ministry of Agriculture Mogadiscio
SUDAN	Director of Forest Department Ministry of Agriculture P.O. Box 658 Khartoum
SYRIA	Director of Forests Ministry of Agriculture Damascus
TURKEY	(See under Europe)
UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC	The Director-General Horticulture Department Giza
YEMEN	Minister of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture Sanaa

French territories

FRENCH SOMALILAND

(See under Africa)

North American region

CANADA	Deputy Minister of Forestry Department of Forestry Ottawa
MEXICO	Subsecretario Forestal y de la Fauna Aquiles Serdán 28 - 3er piso México 1, D.F.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	Chief, Forest Service Department of Agriculture Washington 20250, D.C.

FOREST FIRE LOSSES IN NORTH AMERICA, CALENDAR YEAR 1963

		Mexico	Canada	United States	Total
Area protected	Square kilometers	192 516	3 606 504	3 238 832	7 037 852
	Square miles	74 331	1 392 479	1 250 520	2 717 330
Area burned	Hectares	141 196	190 203	1 342 418	1 673 817
	Acres	348 903	470 001	3 317 188	4 136 092
Number of fires (by causes)	(a) Lightning	33	2 351	11 565	13 949
	(b) Commerce & industry	1 650	2 497	66 620	70 767
	(c) Recreation	660	2 259	26 306	29 225
	(d) Incendiary	495	323	41 429	42 247
	(e) Unknown	462	240	-	702
TOTAL		3 300	7 670	145 920	156 890
Values destroyed	(a) Merchantable forest	411 168	2 455 463	36 279 200	40 350 704
	(b) Young forest	268 256	936 617	36 279 200	40 350 704
	(c) Nonforested land	327 864	50 826	6 183 000	6 561 700
	(d) Buildings, etc.	7 028	524 395	5 273 000	5 804 423
TOTAL		1 014 316	3 967 311	47 735 200	52 716 827

Ottawa, Canada, December 1964

CONVERSION FACTORS

1 Canadian dollar = 0.930 U.S. dollars 1 square mile
1 Mexican peso = 0.125 U.S. dollars
1 hectare = 2.471 acres

1 square kilometer = 0.386 square mile = 100 hectares = 2.59 square kilometers = 640 acres

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