%0 Article %T The role of forestry research in providing a scientific basis for practical forestry %A Mälkönen, Eino %A Finnish Society of Forest Science %D 1984 %J Silva Fennica %V 18 %N 4 %R doi:10.14214/sf.a15402 %U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5223 %X

The Society of Forestry in Finland (now the Finnish Society of Forest Science) arranged on 26th April 1984 a Forestry Science Day centred on the theme ”The role of Forestry Research in Providing a Scientific Basis for Practical Forestry”. Specialists in forestry and forest policy reviewed the role, present situation and future tasks of forest research from different points of view, in their papers. This article includes the talks given in the event in Finnish and an English summary.