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THE Forestry Commission, constituted in November, 1919, has not been long in bringing about what promises to be one of the most important events in the history of forestry in the British Empire. We allude to the British Empire Forestry Conference which, with intervals for visits to certain selected forest areas in England and Scotland, held its sittings in London on July 7–22 under the chairmanship of Lord Lovat. The delegates included representatives from the Unite §l Kingdom, Australia, Canada, India, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, the Sudan, and most of the Crown Colonies. The main objects of the conference were to bring together such information as exists at present regarding the forest resources of the Empire, and to devise means of forming a more accurate estimate of these resources and of developing them to the utmost; to focus attention on the necessity for a more rational forest policy in the various parts of the Empire; to bring to light some of the more salient problems connected with technical forestry; and to consider certain important questions relating to forestry education and research.
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The British Empire Forestry Conference. Nature 105, 759–760 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105759b0
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