Unasylva - No. 175 - Policy and legislation













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An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 44 - 1993/4

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, M. Morell, M.K. Muthoo, C. Palmberg-Lerche, H. Röbbel, E.H. Sène, N. Vergara.

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Guidelines for authors

Editorial: Forest policy and legislation

M. -R. de Montalembert and F. Schmithüsen
Policy and legal aspects of sustainable forest management

M.T. Cirelli
Forestry legislation revision and the role of international assistance

J.S. Fingleton
Resolving conflicts between custom and official forestry law in the southwestern Pacific

P. E. Wynter
Legalize it!: Community participation in natural resource management

G. Castilleja
Changing trends in forest policy in Latin America: Chile, Nicaragua and Mexico

L. Lönnstedt
Financial consequences of the Swedish forest policy

F.H. McKinnell
Australia's new National Forest Policy

T.J.P. McHenry
Policy and legal tools for the management of wildlife resources

J. Soussan
Policies for sustainable household wood energy

H. Jokiluoma and H. Tapola
Forest worker safety and health in Finland

World of forestry

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