Les principaux partisans de l'utilisation des forts ont tous reconnu qu'ils devaient accorder une certaine place aux problmes de conservation dans leurs efforts. Et, quelques rares exceptions prs, mme les plus verts des groupes de dfenseurs de l'environnement, admettent aujourd'hui la ncessit d'incorporer et d'encourager jusqu' un certain point l'utilisation dans des programmes de conservation qui visent pourtant prserver la fort.

El presente folleto forma parte de la serie "Tecnologia Postcosecha", publicación de la Oficina Regional de la FAO para América Latina y el Caribe, que trata diversos temas relacionados con las tecnologías y los procedimientos utilizados en la cosecha, beneficio y almacenamiento de los granos utilizados en la alimentación humana, así como de las plagas que los atacan, los métodos para su control y los factores de calidad que intervienen en su manejo y comercialización.

The Fourth International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resources, organized in Leipzig, Germany 17-23 June 1996 (see this number of the Forest Genetic Resources bulletin [FGR]), adopted a Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.This plan excluded consideration of forest genetic resources, "..

Perhaps the most important socio-economic and political development in Europe between the time of ETTS IV and that of ETTS V was the start of the process of transition for the former centrally planned economies to a market economy system. The changes to every part of these countries' society and institutions are profound and sometimes painful. The forest and forest products sector is no exception.

This report discusses these trends by reference to examples from many countries which suggest viable ways to realise the development potential of wood energy without environmental or social drawbacks. It describes a changing role for wood energy in a changing world where fuelwood and wood-based fuels need no longer be associated with poverty or underdevelopment but could rank among viable modern options open to energy users everywhere.