Unasylva - No. 172 - Forest worker safety













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An international journal of forestry and forest industries - Vol. 44 - 1993/1

FAO - Food and agriculture Organization of the United States

Editor: Stephen A. Dembner
Language Editor: Rachel Tucker
Layout Editor: Marina Criscuolo
Editorial Advisory Board
Forestry Department: M.R. de Montalembert (Chairman), M. Chipeta, S. Dembner, R. Heinrich,
M. Hoskins, M. Morell, M.K. Muthoo, C. Palmberg, H. Röbbel, E.H. Sène, N. Vergara
Publications Division: K. Richmond (Editorial Branch)

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Credits: B. Strehlke; Jokulioma; F. Haile; ILO; F. Kufakwandi; LIRO; E. Apud; L. Smith; W.M. Ciesla; F. Fromard/T. Gauquelin; FAO; Palmberg.

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Guidelines for authors

Editorial: Forest worker safety and ergonomics

P. Poschen
Forestry, a safe and healthy profession?

D. Staal Wästerlund and F. Kufakwandi
Improving working conditions in ZAFFICO, Zambia's parastatal forest industry

J.E. Gaskin and R.J. Parker
Accidents in forestry and logging operations in New Zealand

B. Strehlke
Forest management in Indonesia: employment, working conditions and occupational safety

E. Apud and S. Valdés
Ergonomics in Chilean forestry

L.A. Smith and R.E. Thomas, Jr
Ergonomics research in the southern United States

W.M. Ciesla
What is happening to the neem in the Sahel?

F. Fromard and T. Gauquelin
Thuriferous juniper stands in Morocco: Research and conservation for an endangered environment and species

World of forestry

Books

Forestry ergonomics
A quick reference on neem

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