Unasylva - Vol. 4, No. 1 - Homes for forest workers













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January-March, 1950

An International Review of Forestry and Forest Products

FAO - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Table of Contents


Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Natural resources

Origins and organization of the conference
Plenary sessions
Technical section on forestry

Forest workers in New Zealand

The exotic forests
Indigenous forests under management
Other indigenous forests
Effects of improved conditions

The communal forests of Bassins

F. Y. Henderson, Director of Forest Products Research Laboratory, Princes Risborough, and James Macdonald, Director of Research and Education, Forestry Commission, London
Research in the United Kingdom

Commodity report - Softwood lumber

Europe
North America

The work of FAO

Fifth Session of the FAO Conference
European forestry and forest products commission
Fifth Meeting of the ECE Timber Committee
Timber equipment loans
Forestry education
Yearbook of forest products statistics 1949

News of the world

General
Fundamental science
Silviculture and management
Mensuration, increment, and yield
Protection
Conversion
Utilization
Economics and statistics
Policy, legislation, and administration
Meetings
Personalities
International Forestry and Timber Association (Association Internationale de la Forêt et de Bois)

Reviews

The yearbook of forest products statistics

Where to purchase FAO publications locally - Points de vente des publications de la FAO - Puntos de venta de publicaciones de la FAO