Vol. 36
1984/3
An international journal of the forestry and food industries
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Editor
Robert Wazeka
Consulting Editor
Marcelle Biagini
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 photos: Malaysian Department of Forestry
Cover illustration: Irene Cepeda
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Editorial - Toward new initiatives in utilizing lesser-known species
Freezaillah B.C. Yeom
Lesser-known
tropical wood species: How bright is their future?
James S. Bethel
Sometimes
the word is "weed": A critical look at lesser-known species
Fay Banoun, D. Morgan, Marcel Viart and Louis Zsuffa
The
poplar - A multi-purpose tree for forestry development
Béla Keresztesi
Afforestation
within reduced boundaries: The development of Hungarian forestry, 1950-1980
Ivan Grouev
Forest
management in Bulgaria
FAO forestry activities 1983
Other news
The versatility of Calliandra
Tropical botany: the publications of the montpellier laboratory
Lessons from past deforestations
The snow pine
The forests of French Guiana
Coppice expansion