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land, planting 200,000 acres in the first ten years, three-quarters by 

 the State and one-quarter by public groups and private interests. 

 Several cities have embarked on programs of forest ownership and 

 reforestation, and there are several societies active in the interest of 

 recreating the Kingdom's forest resources. Systematic instruction in 

 forestry is provided at various educational institutions, including 

 Oxford and Cambridge and Edinburgh University. 



Greece 



Although about one-half the total land area of Greece is essen- 

 tially forest land, less than 18 per cent., or about 2,600,000 acres are 

 forested. Through the Balkan Wars about two million additional 

 acres of forest area were acquired, but none of the timber resource is 

 of high commercial value. Perhaps 80 per cent, of the area is so-called 

 " State Forest," meaning in Greece that the citizens obtain permits 

 to go into the forests and cut what they want. The private forests 

 are administered without supervision. The cut from her forests is 

 extravagant, being approximately 120,000,000 cubic feet, slightly less 

 than the consumption at present, but indicating an increasing degree 

 of dependence upon importation of wood. Greece lacks a systematic 

 forest policy or code, but a forest school is maintained at Athens to 

 train foresters. 



Guatemala 



Some 20,000,000 acres of the surface of Guatemala are under 

 forest growth, controlled in large measure by local authorities with the 

 title vesting in the State. Export of mahogany and cedar is impor- 

 tant. All forestry legislation is in the form of decrees imposing 

 restrictions and requiring protective activities by the local officials in 

 control of the forests. 



Haiti 



Haiti has a forested area of about four million acres with com- 

 paratively little data bearing upon the actual assets and the nature of 

 their ownership. There is nothing resembling a forest policy. 



Honduras 



The State owns a large percentage of the twenty- three and one- 

 half million acres of forest in Honduras. Consumption slightly 

 exceeds the annual cut. The State reserves certain woods of value 



