Fuel wood Will ions of cubic metres) 305.3 314.1 322.9 310.1 Sawloqs a n<.'l ve r:eer logs (Nillicns cf cubic metres) 17.7 .17 .1 17.4 20.5 Other rcu r.d \IOC:d (Millions of cubic metres) 18.7 19.6 1~.1 18.5 Sawnwcod ( '000 cubic metres 4 653.0 5 426.0 5 721.0 633.0 Panel products ( '000 cubic metres) 844.0 011.0 913.0 882.0 Paper bco rd ( 'OCO tornes) 391.0 38S.O 450.0 321.0 -----------------------------------------------------------------Source: Fl10 secretariat estirr,ates. (!?) Programmes 74. Ker.ya received a World Bark lean of $21.5 mi11ior: ar.d ar, IDA credit of $LG mi1licr. ir. 1982 to improve its forest resources. 52 Plantations are tc be established over a fcur-year pericc at the rate of 6,400 hectares a year, usinq rnair.ly pil"es, cypress ar.u eucalyptus. A project tc step up fuel weed and pulp\lcc<.l pra:h;c­ tion in the UrJiteO. Republic of Camerccn is alsc to be fur.ded ty the World Bar;k, ur;der a ~>17 million loan. Altc-qether 11,000 hec­ tares are tc be planted >lith pire and eucalyptus. The Ethicpiar; ter-year plan fer 1980/8l-198S/90 provides fer the creation ct plantaticr:s at the rate of 179,000 hectares a year tc produce fuelwcod a r.d industrial \v'Cod. All these devel cpme nts, coupleC: with plantations in Aloe ria and Mcrcccc, a r.d the i ncreasec pe-ter­ tial of softwood plantations in Eastern Africa (r.;acJ.aqasca r, Malavli, r.Iczambique arrl the United Republic cf Tanzania) au~ Central/Hest Africa (Anqcla, Gaber~ an.i the Ivery Coast), certain­ ly put Africa in a favouraLle positior1 despite the d>.-indlit:q cf her rotural hard\vccd forest resources. (c) Forest trade 75. The year 1980 will lonq be remembered ir, tLe timl:er trade as the year in \-lhich the recessicn nade its qrea test impact. Yet despite the qer:eral depressicr: characterized by hiqh interest rates, risir,q inflation an:J. ur.emplcyrr..er.t ir: Europe anl North 