1957
An international review of forestry and forest products
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Prepared by the Forestry Division and published every quarter in English, French and Spanish, by the Information Division at FAO's Headquarters in Rome, Unasylva attempts to cover a range of interest as wide as that of FAO's Forestry Division whose work it mirrors. Signed articles express the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Organization. All material in Unasylva may be freely reprinted, but acknowledgement is requested, together with a copy of the publication containing the reprint.
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Cover Photograph: After the Twelfth Congress of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations in 1956, members visited various parse of Britain to see the progress made in establishing Britain new forests. This photograph, of a young man setting out to plant spruce trees at Fetteresso Forest, in Scotland, seems to typify the spirit of quiet determination with which the planting program id being carried out.
Photograph: U.K. Forestry Commission.
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A necessary adjunct to planting programs
Erik Hagberg
The new Swedish
national forest survey
FAO Staff
Shifting cultivation
FAO Staff
Erosion and a remedy
Sir Harry Champion and N. V. Brasnett
Regional
climates and vegetation
Arthur W. Sampson and Arnold M. Schultz
Control
of brush and undesirable trees: IV
China's rising paper output
Silviculture study tour in Czechoslovakia
Watershed management in Yugoslavia
ECE timber committee
World eucalyptus conference
Shelterbelts and arid-zone forestry in the U.S.S.R.
Bolivia
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Germany
Hong Kong
Iran
Italy
Laos
Liberia
Netherlands
Poland
Sudan
United Kingdom
United States of America