At the recommendation of the last IUFRO World Congress, a coordinator has recently been appointed to coordinate and help promote research in developing countries, within the framework of IUFRO (International Union of Forestry Research Organizations). The new coordinator, Mr. O. Fugalli (former Chief of the Forest Resources Development Branch of FAO's Forestry Department and Associate Secretary-General of the Eighth World Forestry Congress, Jakarta), can be contacted at the IUFRO Secretariat, Schönbrunn, A-1131 Vienna, Austria.