Preface. Opening Presentation; R.M. Gutkowski. Report of the Joint Study Tour; T. Winnicki. Situation Papers. Central European Hot Spots of Air Pollution; J. Pacyna, K. Tørseth. Forest Depletion in Europe: Extent, Causes and Interpretations; K. Rykowski. Options for Power Generation and Emission Control Technologies; T. Winnicki. State-of-the-Art Papers. Forestry Area Recovery and Restructuring - Experience from Sherwood Forest; A. Brady. Increasing Public Awareness of the Contribution of Forestry and Wood Utilization to Ecology; G. Wegener. Sustainable Economy of Forestry and Value Added Utilization of Forests: The Only Chance to Save the Forests of the World; J. Natterer. Working Group 1: Environmental Factors in Forest Depletion. Evaluating the Risk of Air Pollution to Forests in Central and Eastern Europe; D. Ellsworth, J. Oleksyn. Forests and Air Pollution in the Czech Republic; V. Henzlik. Environmental Factors and State of Ukrainian Forests: Monitoring and Impact Assessment; M.M. Kaletnik. Air Pollution Impacts on Forest Trees and Biological Aspects of the Environment Optimization in Belarus; S. Sergeichik. Working Group 2: Forest Growth, Expansion and Management. Forest Accessibility and Sustainable Development; F. Atanasiu. Forest of Ukraine and Improvements of Forest Management; M.V. Chernyavsky. The Role of Forest Tree Breeding for the 21st Century; L. Paule. Management of Forest Ecosystems in the Krkonose National Park, Black Triangle Region, Czech Republic; O. Schwarz. Management and Utilization of Damaged Forests in Central and Eastern Europe; G.F. Zak. Working Group 3: Forest Utilization for Raw Materials and Value Added Products.Wood Products in Structures and Society &endash; A Task for an Interdisciplinary Scientific Approach; M.F. Drdácký. Harmonization of Forest Resource Utilization and Housing Development in Poland; M.A. Gizejowski, P. Paschalis. Timber Bridge Construction &endash; A Value Added Use of Forest Products; R.M. Gutkowski. The Relationship Between Forest Raw Material and the Construction of Slovenian Hay Rack; J. Kusar. The Lithuanian Trends for Forest Utilization; A.K. Kvedaras. Research and Development Goals for Wood Technology in Austria; H. Resch. Building with Timber, A Possible Contribution to Solve Eastern Europe's Economical and Ecological Problems?; W. Winter. Working Group 4: Socio-Economic Considerations for the Forest Resource. Socio-Economic Challenges of Central and Eastern Europe's Forestry Needs; M. St. Kostka. A Perspective on Issues Impacting Profitable and Sustainable Utilization of Forest Ecosystem Resources; P.J. Pellicane. Economic and Financial Situation in Russian Forestry at the Transition Period; A.P. Petrov. Perspectives for the Future of Sustainable Development in Woodprocessing and Manufacturing: Some New Solution in Technology for Better and Cheaper Utilization of Wood Resources; M. Tamassy-Bano. The Bavarian Program for Using Renewable Energies &endash; The Biomass Network: New Source of Energy on the Threshold to Commercial Viability; T. Weber. Technical Excursion to the Bavarian Forest. Excursion with Furst Thurn and Taxis Forestry Forstamt Thiergarten; W. Duffner. Working Group Reports. Summary Observations and Conclusions. Closing Remarks. List of Contributors. Subject Index.
