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Contents (partly): Davydik,I., Secretary General of IPS: International Peat Society- origin, activities and achievement/ Shier,C.W.: Tropical peat resources- an overview/ Wade,B.A. & Reeson,P.H.: Jamaican peat resources- an approach to their development, use and management/Bjoerk,S.: Ecology of the Negril and Black River Lower Wetlands,Jamaica/ Digerfeldt,G. & Enell,M.: Paleoecological studies of the past development of the Negril Morass, Jamaica/ Radjagukguk,B. :Prospects of peat utilization in Indonesia/ Bond,P.A.: Peats of Florida,U.S.A., occurrences, uses and environmental concerns/ Blackwood,M. &Robinson,E.: Peat resources of Jamaica- an overview/ Korpijaakko,M.:The peat deposits of the Niayea area of Senegal and their potential/ Cohen,A.D. & Raymond,R.,Jr. & Mora,S. & Alverado,A. & Malavassi,L.:Economic characteristics of the peat deposits of Costa Rica:preliminary study/ Raymond,R.,Jr. & Cohen,A.D. & Bish,D.L.: Ash contents of Costa Rican deposits/ Pajunen,H.: The mires in the Akanyaru Valley in Burundi/ etc