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The Colonies and Forest Administration

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IN his Annual Forest Administration Report for 1938* the Conservator of Forests, Trinidad and Tobago, summarizes the forest policy in force. The clauses merit repeating here, for though they have been current in forest management in the British Empire for several decades, they have often proved to be pious platitudes rather than a carefully thought-out planning to which the Government concerned intended to adhere rigidly. The clauses are:

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STEBBING, E. The Colonies and Forest Administration. Nature 144, 949 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144949a0

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