Vol. 26
Summer 1974
An international journal of forestry and forest industries
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
T.M. Pasca, editor
Forestry Department
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B. K. Steenberg
A time to invest in forestry
S. R. J. Robbins and W. S. A. Matthews
Minor
forest products - their total value is of a major order
Hakan Romantschuk
Feeding cattle at
the pulp mill
K. D. Singh
Spatial
variation patterns in the tropical rain forest
Thomas M. Butynski and Wolfgang von Richter
In Botswana most
of the meat is wild
Leading authorities to meet in Brazil in September-October 1975
Kenneth FS King from Guyana new head of FAO forestry
COFO reviews FAO's forestry programme
Shifting cultivation problems call for integrated approaches
IUFRO information systems working party is link to AGRIS forestry programme
Developing countries should aim self-sufficiency
Wood preservation discussed in Vienna
Research in Pakistan on nitrogen fixing forest plants
Pine from a Canadian lake bottom
Foresters are registered in the Philippines
A wildlife newsletter for Asia
Biosphere reserve areas agreed to by United States and U.S.S.R.
For those planning seed collection expeditions
Indonesian policy on tree seed acquisition
The return of the beavers in Sweden
Two-year stop to hunting in Venezuela to preserve wildlife and allow scientific research
Growing concern over effect of acid rain on agriculture and forestry
The status and whereabouts of the tiger
New Malaysian national park
A guide to the birds of Thailand
Wildlife census in the Republic of Korea
The monkey-eating eagle in the Philippines
The vicious circle in which migratory birds are disappearing
National parks being developed regionally in Central America
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