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Priorities for international forest research
Conference paper

Priorities for international forest research

Jeffrey A Sayer, Neil Byron, Dennis Dykstra and Jerome K Vanclay
FAO
Eleventh World Forestry Congress (Antalya, Turkey, 13-22 October)
1997

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Abstract

Forest Sciences

The world is moving towards knowledge-based societies. Economies are globalizing. The global public goods value of forests is being recognized at the same time that the traditional role of state forest agencies in production forestry is being taken over by multi-national corporations. At the same time emerging technolgies are greatly enhancing our ablility to assess and monitor forest attributes.

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