Forestry and forest products in south-east asia: dr. M. A. Huberman

ABSTRACT DB. M. A. HUBERMAN, technical officer in the Forestry Branch, Forestry and Forest Products Division, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, has gone to Bangkok,

Thailand, headquarters of the Regional Office of the Organisation for Asia and the Far East, where he will act as chief of forestry and forest products. This post will be of great importance

in that region in putting into effect recommendations of the forestry and timber utilization conference for Asia and the Pacific held by the Food and Agriculture Organisation in Mysore,

India, during March 28–April 8. The importance of forestry is recognized as a prime factor in the raising of living standards throughout the world, and the Mysore conference, at which Dr.

Huberman was secretary-general, was the first meeting of representatives of the countries of the Far East to discuss common problems of forestry and timber utilization. The new post resulted

from this conference, which recommended that a forestry and forest products working group be set up in the region, to be composed of staff members of the Forestry and Forest Products

Division. The functions of the working group will be,vamong others, to arrange for exchange of technical and professional information between countries ; to arrange for a meeting of

technical experts to discuss the standardization of grades and sizes of timber and plywood, nomenclature and trade terms ; and to arrange for an exchange of specialists, technicians and

students between countries. Dr. Huberman recently travelled through most of the countries of south-east Asia, discussing forestry problems with those officials who are concerned with forest

management, trade, soil conservation practices, etc. A graduate of Michigan State College, Dr. Huberman holds a master's degree in forestry and a Ph.D. from Yale University ; and before

joining the Food and Agriculture Organisation in 1946 he spent fifteen years with the United States Forest Service working in sylvicultural research, private forest management, and national

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