Unasylva - No. 118 - Wood for fuel













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Vol. 29

An international journal of forestry and forest industries

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation

T.M. Pasca, EDITOR

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COVER: Collecting fuelwood in Mali

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J. E. M. Arnold and J. Jongma
Fuelwood and charcoal in developing countries

J. M. Marley
Forestry education and research

Leo Lintu
Panels, paper and paperboard from agricultural residues

K. F. S. King
The utilization of low-quality tropical timber

T. T. Veblen
Guatemalan conifers

The world of forestry

AGRIS forestry conducts survey
Accident prevention in forestry
Environmental forestry studies
"World conservation strategy" in preparation by IUCN
New IUFRO tropical group
6 useful forestry titles from FAO

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