Unasylva - No. 108 - Wood-based panels













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Vol. 27 (2)

1975

An international journal of forestry and forest industries

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Rome

A leading FAO publication on pulp and paper development

Guide for planning pulp and paper enterprises

FAO Forestry and Forest Products Study No. 18, 379 p., 26 ill., clothbound. US$12.50 or £8.00 (FF62.50) English, French and Spanish editions

Primarily intended for the assistance of public and private sectors in developing countries planning pulp and paper projects and bringing mills into production. A study which provides readers with a basic understanding of

PLANNING FUNCTIONS
and
TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON RAW MATERIAL,
AND PULP AND PAPER MANUFACTURE

Available from

DISTRIBUTION AND SALES SECTION, FAO

Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy or through any of the FAO SALES AGENTS AND BOOKSELLERS listed on the inside back cover.

Payments for orders sent to sales agents and booksellers can be made in national currency.

T.M. Pasca, editor
Forestry Department, FAO

Cover: Wood-based panels, a small sample of their unlimited variety (Design by Dino Rigolo, FAO)

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Unasylva is published quarterly and is available through subscription. Subscription prices (in Italian lire): one year, Lit.5200, two years Lit.9100, three years, Lit.13000. Orders are payable to the Distribution and Sales Section. FAO, Via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy. Orders in local currencies may be placed with any of the FAO sales agents listed on the inside back cover.

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G.G. Marra
The age of engineered wood

Benjamin F. Sanvictores
Moving away from log exports

Tore B. Evensen
Rationalizing the shipment of wood

Jack Westoby
Forestry in China

A.G. Pyman
The need for continuing education

John A. Howard and Jean-Paul Lanly
Remote sensing for tropical forest surveys

The world of forestry

Wood-based panels industry still growing; Strongest prospects are for particle board

Environment

Books and reports

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