Special readings in Conservation

FAO CONSERVATION GUIDE 4

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome 1978

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PREFACE

FOREWORD

I. GUIDELINES FOR FIRE MANAGEMENT ON FORESTED WATERSHEDS, BASED ON AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE

by N.P. Cheney CSIRO, Australia

II. SNOW ZONE MANAGEMENT

by J.R. Meiman, Colorado State University

III. USING MULCHES TO ESTABLISH WOODY CHENOPODS - AN ARID LAND EXAMPLE

by H.W. Springfield, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

IV. A TECHNIQUE FOR SAMPLING SOIL TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT A WATERSHED

by H.M. Brechtel, Hessen Research Station,Germany

V. HYDRO-SEEDING: PROCEDURES, EXAMPLES AND PROSPECTS IN JAMAICA

by T.C. Sheng, FAO, El Salvador

VI. FOREST PLANTATION FOR REHABILITATING ERODED LANDS

by D.A. Harcharik and S.H. Kunkle