Papers presented in IUFRO'95 Sub-Plenary Sessions

Themes:

• Ecological Management and Ecobalances
• Global Change
• Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems
• Economies in Transition
• Research in Changing Times
• Utilization

Ecological Management and Ecobalances

Life-Cycle-Analysis -A Challenge for Forest Research - Carsten Thoroe

Ecosystem Management Requires Good Ecology - Ariel E. Lugo

The Concept of Ecosystem Fit and its Potential Role in Forest Management: A Primary Research Challenge - John C. Gordon, Bernard T. Bormann and Larry Jacobs

Global Change

What Is Changing in the Global Environment? - Pekka E. Kauppi

Climate Change Effects on Forests - Norbert Kräuchi and Deying Xu

Air Pollution Effects on Forests - John L. Innes and John M. Skelly

Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems

Biodiversity of Forest Ecosystems of Western North America - Robert C. Szaro

Southeast Asian Dipterocarp Forest Ecosystems - N. Manokaran

Boreal Forest Ecosystems - Rauno Väisänen

Biodiversity in Australian Forest Ecosystems - John W. Turnbull

Economies in Transition

Development of Property Rights in Forestry in the CIS at Transition Period - Anatoly Petrov

Perspectives for Forestry Research in the American Tropics in the Last Lustrum of the 20th Century - Ruben GuevaraMoncada

Woodland Management Research in Southern Africa: Whose Agenda? - Y.M. Katerere

State Forest Management in the Transition Period from Planned Economy to Market Directed One - Gerely Ferenc

Research in Changing Times

Forestry Research in Mexico in the Last Six Years - Hugo Manzanilla, Carlos Gonzalez Vicente and William K. Olsen

Research in Times of Austerity: Experiences in South Africa - Fred J. Kruger

Research in Changing Times: USDA Forest Service Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Natural Resource Management - Jim Lyons

Utilization

Planted Forests in Brazil - Manoel de Freitas

Rubberwood Utilization: A Success Story - L.T. Hong

The Use of Timber as a Construction Material - The Only Chance to Save the Forests of the World - J. Natterer

Products from Recycled Fibers - A U.S. Perspective - Thomas E. Hamilton, Joanne T. Alig and Robert H. Falk