EDWARD S. AYENSU, Director, Office of Biological Conservation, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., USA, Chairman
JOHN G. BENE, Senior Advisor to the President, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada
JAMES S. BETHEL, Former Dean, School of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
LOUTFY BOULOS, Professor, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
GERARDO BUDOWSKI, Head, Natural Renewable Resources Program, Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza, Turrialba, Costa Rica
JEFFERY BURLEY, University Lecturer, Forestry Department, Commonwealth Forestry Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
ERIK ECKHOLM, International Institute for Environment and Development, Washington, D.C., USA
HANS M. GREGERSEN, Professor, College of Forestry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ANTHONY V. HALL, Senior Lecturer and Assistant Curator, Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
R. D. JOHNSTON, Principal Research Scientist, Division of Forest Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra, Australia
STANLEY L. KRUCMAN, Principal Research Forest Geneticist, Timber Management Research, United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, Washington, D.C., USA
BOHUMIL F. KUKACHKA, Former Wood Technologist, Pioneer Research Unit, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
HANS-JURGEN VON MAYDELL, Professor, Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products, Hamburg-Reinbek, West Germany
FRANCOIS MERGEN, Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
JULIA MORTON, Director, Morton Collectanea, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
H. Y. MOHAN RAM, Head, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
JOZEF SWIDERSKI, Chief, Mechanical Wood Products Branch, Forest Industries and Trade Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy
FRANK H. WADSWORTH, Former Director, Institute of Tropical Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
K. FREERK WIERSUM, Staff Member, Department of Silviculture, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
National Research Council Staff
MARY JANE ENGQUIST, Staff Associate, Study Director
NOEL D. VIETMEYER, Professional Associate
F. R. RUSKIN, Editor