CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PREFACE v 



INTRODUCTION xiii 



CHAPTER I 



CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY i 



Value of Extensive Forestry '. i 



Tunisia 2 



Algeria 4 



Corsica 8 



CHAPTER II 



TUNISIA 10 



Introduction 10 



Forest Conditions 14 



Administrative Organization and Legislation 18 



Forest Management 23 



Protection against Fires and Moving Sand 26 



Forestation and Betterments 41 



CHAPTER III 



ALGERIA 46 



Physical and Climatic Features 46 



Progress in Forest Administration 49 



Forest Conditions 54 



Forest Management 58 



Working Plans 66 



Disposal of Produce 72 



The Forestation Problem 77 



Miscellaneous Activities 87 



Fire Protection and Control 91 



Administrative Organization 101 



Forest Legislation 109 



CHAPTER IV 



CORSICA iir 



Introduction in 



Forest Conditions 115 



Administrative Organization and Finances 123 



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