Vol. 39
1987/1
An international journal of the forestry and food industries
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
ISSN 0041-6436
Editor
Robert Wazeka
Language Editor
Roberta Mitchell
Layout Editor
Marina Criscuolo
Consulting Editors
Fay Banoun, Marcelle Biagini,
Griselda Gomez, Farhana Haque
Editorial Assistant
Antoinette Fernandez Van Asten
Editorial Advisory Board
Forestry Department:
J.E.M. Arnold (Chairman). B. Ben
Salem C. Chandrasekharan. A.
Contreras, M.R. de Montalembert, B.
Kyrklund, M.K. Muthoo. C. Palmberg,
R.D. Pardo, R. Wazeka (Secretary)
Publications Division:
K. Richmond (Editorial Branch)
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cover: Karen Schmauk
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome
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Editorial - Cities, trees and people
R.R. Thaman
The Pacific islands and beyond
Farhana Haque
Thirteen city profilesR.J. Olembo and P. de Rham
In two different worldsGary Moll and Deborah Gangloff
Urban forestry in the United States
A.J. Leslie
A
second look at the economics of natural management systems in tropical mixed
forests
Breakthrough on International Tropical Timber Agreement
Medicinal plants: A neglected resource
Mobile sawshops to Bangladesh
Integrating traditional and modern medicine
Honey from rubber
Arid rangeland trees and shrubs
Appropriate technology handbook
Forest plantations: A new economic resource in Côte d'Ivoire
Asian swiddeners
The trees of Spain
Controlling elephant damage
Public attitudes wildlife and conservation in the Third World
Protective legislation in Chile
Special insert: Forestry science serving society
IUFRO
Declaration - Forestry science serving
IUFRO and FAO
A message from the children...
A brief congress report
The IUFRO scientific achievement award
The IUFRO honorary members
The post-congress scientific excursions
A brief history of IUFRO
IUFRO's special programme for developing countries
IUFRO news
From the keynote address
Future programme of IUFRO