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augment the efforts of IUFRO and of three research institutes in Mexico, 

 Australia, and the United Kingdom. This represents a considerable 

 increase over the $10,000 to $15,000 contributed by FAO in each of the 

 past two biennia to augment the eucalyptus seed collection of the Forest 

 Research Institute at Canberra, Australia. Further, we recommended that 

 this program should be increased to a level of $140,000 per biennium 

 starting in 1972/73. Numerous other technical and policy recommendations 

 were made to FAO, to IUFRO, and to member governments. Details can be 

 found in the panel's report. 



FAO also authorizes and supports several regional forestry commis- 

 sions. These foster cooperation among member governments. The United 

 States is a member of the North American, Latin American, and Asia- 

 Pacific Forestry Commissions. Other Commissions are organized for Europe, 

 the Meditteranean Region, and the Near East. These Commissions can 

 actively support international programs to exchange and conserve forest 

 tree breeding materials. 



A case in point is the Working Party on Forest Tree Improvement of 

 the North American Forestry Commission. The Working Party members from 

 Canada, the United States and Mexico are arranging for needed seed collec- 

 tions, for comparable plant quarantine regulations, and for growing and 

 testing of exotic material in other countries. Information on this 

 Commission and its Working Group may be obtained from the Forest Service, 

 Washington, D.C. 20250. 



FAO has other organizational affiliations that can be of assistance 

 in arranging for the collection, exchange, and conservation of forest 

 tree germ plasm. A Committee for Coordination of Mediterranean Forestry 

 Research has been active in such work. The Committee on Tropical Forestry 

 might give similar help where a need exists. 



The International Poplar Commission has been very active in support- 

 ing the exchange and conservation of poplar germ plasm in the past. This 

 is a Technical Commission of FAO with a Secretariat in Rome. Recently 

 this Commission, through the Poplar Council of America, collected and 

 distributed seed of Populus deltoides Bartr. This Commission, through 

 its member nations, reaches most people interested in the breeding of 

 poplars and related species. 



Of course, the staff of FAO's Division of Forestry and Forest 

 Industries helps in exchange and conservation of forest tree germ plasm. 

 One Section serves as a clearing house for information on national and 

 international seed collection efforts. Other staff members coordinate 

 and provide technical assistance to forestry projects supported by the 

 United Nations Development Programme. They also are in the process of 

 revising their "World Directory of Forest and Forest Products Institutions 

 The revised "FAO Forest Tree Seed Directory" is scheduled for publication 

 in 1972/73. Both of these publications are extremely valuable to anyone 

 interested in acquiring forest tree germ plasm or in arranging for the 

 growing of experimental plant materials in another country. 



The United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) supports a number 

 of Special Fund and Technical Assistance projects dealing with forestry. 

 Some deal specifically with tree breeding. Of course, the number and 

 location of these projects constantly changes. Only by contacting FAO 

 can one determine the possibilities of using one of these projects to 

 assist in obtaining seed or other materials. As a result of past UNDP 



