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IN a lecture to the British Science Guild at its annual general meeting held in the Mansion House, London, on June 19, Prof. R. S. Troup discussed the important question of forestry in Great Britain, with special reference to the programme of State afforestation now being carried out by the Forestry Commission, its progress to date, its limitations, and some of the scientific and technical problems following in its train; he also reviewed the question of private forestry and pointed out some of its defects. The significance of British forestry at the present time may be realised from the fact that less than five per cent of the requirements of Great Britain in timber are met from home-grown sources, that the forest capital of the world is being consumed at an alarming rate, and that the shortage of timber which is likely to result may cause much distress in the absence of a supply of home-grown timber.
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Problems of British Forestry. Nature 131, 900 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131900a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/131900a0