192 pages, illustrated with coloured plates, includes references. Overseas customers please note that packed the book will weigh over a kilo and attract additional postage costs. Apart from a gift inscription, the book is as new. ""This book has been published in connection with the XXth IUFRO World Conference, held in Tampere, Finland during 8.-12.8.1995" (verso title page) "An overview is presented of Finland's forests and their importance for the country's economy, and the principles of siviculture based on the ecology of the boreal coniferous forests..." (preface)