The FAO Conferences at Quebec and Copenhagen clearly established the aims to be set for Unasylva:
1. To keep foresters and technicians throughout the world informed of new achievements and developments in the fields of forestry and forest products.2. To supply regular information about particular problems with which FAO's Division of Forestry and Forest Products is grappling and about the work undertaken by the technical officers of the Organization.
3. To furnish items of news from all over the world about what is being done in the field of forestry and forest products.
4. To provide statistical data and general information concerning output of wood products, trade, and industry.
Unasylva is therefore divided into four parts.
The first part contains articles by foresters and technical experts of international repute and by the division's own technical officers, working as a team. These articles attempt to show forestry and timber technicians what is being done in other countries and what it is possible to achieve in wood production and in better utilization. They should also serve to draw attention to certain problems, offer analyses, and persuade our readers to contribute to their solution.
The second part contains what we have termed national situations. Those responsible for the forestry policies of their countries have been asked to contribute surveys of the current situation and plans for the future. This section will include a continuing series on national forest policies, on the timber balances of the different countries, on the organization of forestry and forest products research.
The third part reports on the activities of FAO's Division of Forestry and Forest Products. It contains information concerning the organization of the division, its projects, and its present and future work.
Part four brings a brief survey of world news on forestry and forest products. It contains information on new legislation, new methods and processes, wood utilization, trade, and industry.
It is further intended to publish statistical supplements dealing with world trade and forest products.
This outline of the publication's scope is the fruit of much thought and discussion by the technical staff of the Division of Forestry and Forest Products. but we have never thought of it as immutable. Our aim is to contribute a useful publication and to present it as attractively as possible.: We hope to have it read by an ever-increasing number of readers. We want our readers to help us by making suggestions and telling us how we might make this review more useful and interesting.
