from Vol. 14, No. 3, 1960
Egon Glesinger
While the emphasis here is on wood production, the need to conserve forests for their environmental and human services is squarely recognized. So is the difficulty of measuring the value of these services, noted as a reason for the low priority assigned to forestry by governments, economists and planners – a common grievance today.
Egon Glesinger, a German national, was Director of the FAO Forestry and Forest Products Division (forerunner of today’s Forestry Department, established in 1969) from 1959 to 1963. This address was delivered at the fifth World Forestry Congress (Seattle, United States, 1960), which had the theme “The multiple use of forests”.