Unasylva - No. 126 - Agri-silviculture in Latin America













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Vol. 31 - No. 126, 1979

An International Review of Forestry and Forest Products

FAO - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

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Peter Weaver
Agri-silviculture in tropical America

Raymond M. Keogh
Does teak have a future in tropical America?

R.J.W. Aluma
Uganda: a damage report

Dinesh Lathia
Heat stress and manual labour in the tropics

Bunvong Thaiutsa and Orman Granger
Climate and the decomposition rate of-tropical forest litter

The world of forestry

The lacebark pine
Small-scale papermaking
Sails on the horizon

Environment

A world conservation strategy is launched

Books

Vegetative architecture in the tropical forest

In memoriam: Leslie Vernell

Analysis: Report on tropical forests

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