Books foresters use

Bees for Development has recently received bumper crop of forestry-related books.

None specifically relates to beekeeping. They are briefly reviewed here for the benefit of those of you who are interested in forestry and agroforestry

Conservation and management of tropical rainforests: an integrated approach to sustainability

by E F Bruenig (1996) 339 pages. Hardback

This is an advanced text for forestry students and rainforest managers. It provides full description of rainforests and their ecosystems, and how they might be sustainably managed.

Price £55 and available from the publishers: CAB International, Oxon , United Kingdom

Directory of forestry research organizations

1995 (1995) 227 pages. Paperback

A very useful publication listing nearly 800 forestry research organisations in 112 countries. Gives addresses, main research areas, number of staff, name of director, etc.

Price USS17 and available from the publishers: FAO Distribution and Sales, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy

Forest products and household incomes: review and annotated bibliography

by Townson (1995) 205 pages. Paperback

A review of economic activities with -on-timber forest products. Consists of mbination of reviews, abstracts and bibliography.

Available from the publishers: University of Oxford in association with CAB International, Oxford Forestry Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom

Non-wood forest products in Asia

edited by Patrick B Durst, Ward Ulrich and M Kashio (1993) 167 pages. Paperback

Very interesting information about non-wood products in Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

Price USS64 with airmail post and available from the publishers: Science Publishers Inc, in association with FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 10 Water Street #310 Lebanon, NH 03766, USA

Forests, trees and food

FAO (1993) 26 pages. Paperback

A pleasant introduction to the contribution made by forests and trees to the food economy of rural people. An excellent publication.

Price USS5 and available from: SUAS/IRDC, Sweden

Free of charge to projects in developing countries

Marketing information systems for non-timber forest products

by Carla Koppell FAO (1995) 115 pages. Paperback

This field manual presents systematic way for small-scale producers to gather information on markets for their non-timber forest products. The field manual could be very helpful for those assisting groups to market their other bee products.

Available from: SUAS/IRDC, Sweden

Bois et foréts des tropiques

This tropical forestry review is an 80-page, quarterly journal, written in French, and with English and Spanish abstracts. It contains review articles, reports of major congresses and news of the tropical forestry world.

The journal is produced at high quality with colour photographs and attractive layout. The subjects covered range from forest botany to the various uses of wood.

Available from the publishers: Publications Department, CIRAD-Forét, France