November-December 1948
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
SIR JOHN BOYD ORR, Director-General
DIVISION OF FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS
MARCEL LELOUP, Director
FORESTRY BRANCH
B. B. SHOW, Chief
J. D. B. HARRISON
T. FRANCOIS
D. Y. LIN
M. A. HUBERMAN
H. SCAVENIUS
FOREST PRODUCTS BRANCH
E. GLESINGER, Chief
P. TERVER
L. J. VERNELL
J. VINZANT
N. DE FELSÖVANYI
J. P. KAGAN
SECRETARIAT
R. C. FORTUNESCU, Chief and Editor of the Division's publications
EUROPEAN WORKING. GROUP
D. R. CAMERON, Chief
P. SARTORIUS
R. G. FONTAINE
S. J. BAUER
STANDING ADVISORY COMMITEE ON FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS
Chairman, L. F. WATTS Chief of U. S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C., U. S. A.
Vice-Chairman, B. DUFAY Director-General of Waters and Forests, Paris France
G. CERF, Adviser to the Belgian Government on International Timber Affairs
H. G. CHAMPION, Professor of Forestry, Oxford University, England
A. FJELSTAD, Delegate of the Royal Norwegian Government on Agricultural Affairs, Washington, D. C., U. S. A.
S. C. LEE, Chief, Department of Forestry, Nanking, China
D. A. MACDONALD, Acting Dominion Forester, Dominion Forest Service, Department of Mines and Resources, Ottawa, Canada
H. MARK, Director of the Institute of High Polymer Chemistry and of the Chemical Department, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, New York, U. S. A.
E. SAARI, Professor, Forestry Department, University of Helsinki, Finland
P. DE SOUZA, Chief, Division of Forests and Parks, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
H. G. WINKELMANN, Director of the Swiss Forest Economy Association, Solothurn, Switzerland
TECHNICAL COMMITTEES
Forestry Education: Chairman, H. G. CHAMPION Professor of Forestry, Oxford University, England
Chemical Wood Technology: Chairman, H. MARK Director of the Institute of High Polymer Chemistry and of the Chemical Department, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, New York, U. S. A.
Mechanical Wood Technology: Chairman, J. CAMPREDON, Chief of the Central Research Services for Wood, Paris, France
Unexploited Forests: Chairman, T. GILL, Secretary of the Charles Lathrop Pack Forestry Foundation, Washington, D. C., U. S. A.
Forest Research: Chairman, E. I. KOTOK, Assistant Chief in charge of Research, U. S. Forest Service, Washington, D C., U. S. A.
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A message from the prime minister of India
Impressions During an Extended Tour of Forested Regions in Asia and the Pacific by an Officer of the Division of Forestry and Forest Products
Forestry in Asia and the PacificB. R. Sen
Utilization of the forest wealth of IndiaShun-Ching Lee and Ngan Han
Forestry in ChinaW. E. Cohen
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