FOREST GENETIC RESOURCES N.24

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1996

ISSN 1020-4431

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Editors of this issue in the
Forest Resources Development Service were:
Christel Palmberg-Lerche
Lex Thomson Christian
Pilegaard Hansen

Cover photo: Baobab, Adansonia digitata (Photo: C. Cossalter)

Note from the Editor

Management guidelines for in situ gene conservation of wind pollinated temperate conifers (V. Koski)

Forest genetic resources bulletin on the Internet

The "Silo National des Graines Forestieres": Towards better management of forest genetic resources in Madagascar (P. Vaneberg & L. Ramamonjisoa)

South Pacific regional initiative on forest genetic resources

Summary report of the Ninth Session of the FAO Panel of Experts on Forest Genetic Resources

Fifteen years of ex situ gene conservation of Mexican and Central American forest species by the CAMCORE cooperative (W.S. Dvorak, J.K. Donahue & G.R. Hodge)

Teak improvement programmes for Myanmar and Laos

Getting better tree germplasm into the hands of smallholder farmers in developing countries - some lessons from agriculture (L. Andreasen & D. Boland)