The fao global forest fire assessment 19902000 is part of the fao forest resources assessment 2000 fra2000, published online pdf as working paper no. Global forest resources assessment food and agriculture. The area of land covered by forest and trees is an important indicator of environmental condition. The global fire assessment includes statistical data from a large number of countries. Fra 2000 depended on the active participation of partners and member countries around the world. Global forest resources assessment fra anssi pekkarinen fra team leader. The full report is now available online here pdf 2mb. Missouris forest resource assessment and strategy seeking a sustainable future for missouris forest resources 2010 assessment prepared by. History and mandate led by the forestry department of fao 11 global assessments, the first published in 1948. The global forest resources assessment fra reports on the status and trends of the worlds forest resources. Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems. Just over a quarter of global forest loss is due to deforestation through permanent land use change for the production of commodities, including beef, soy.
Pdf the area of land covered by forest and trees is an important indicator of. If you have expertise in this area and would like to contribute, apply here to join us as a researcher. Global forest watch offers the latest data, technology and tools that empower people everywhere to better protect forests. The forest resources assessment 2000 fra 2000 provides estimates of the worlds total forest area in 2000 and changes that have occurred since 1990, as well as information on forest ownership, management, and environmental parameters. Pdf tropical forest resources assessment and monitoring. For the year 2000 of the fra program fra2000, a global forest cover map was. Forest resources assessment the united nations food and agriculture organisation fao collects global data on forest resources every 5 years. Forests climate change, biodiversity and land degradation. Global forest resources assessment 2020 food and agriculture. This groundbreaking work set the stage for all future global forest assessments and was a remarkable accomplishment in the aftermath of world war i.
Global forest resources assessment 2005 by the food and agriculture organization. Corporate author for corporate author fao, rome italy. Seventy years of faos global forest resources assessment. The data and research currently presented here is a preliminary collection or relevant material. Global forest resources assessment 2010 main report food and agriculture organization of the united nations rome, 2010. Global forest watch gfw is an opensource web application to monitor global forests in near realtime. Part one examines the main findings for issues including forest area and area. Fao global forest resources assessments 2000, 2005, 2010 net forest loss. Reliable and uptodate information on the state of forest resources not only on area and area change, but also on. Trends in global forest area 19902015 in forest resources assessments fras. A proposal from robert davis to doug kneeland, usda fs.
Seven themes of sustainable forest management productive. We will further develop our work on this topic in the future to cover it in the same detail as for example our entry on world population growth. Forest loss is being driven by various factors, including commodity production, forestry, agriculture, wildfire, and urbanization. The forest resources assessment programme sustainably managed forests have multiple environmental and socioeconomic functions important at the global, national and local scales, and play a vital part in sustainable development. The reporting framework will be based on the thematic elements of sustainable forest management derived from the nine regional criteria and indicator processes. The global forest resources assessment sustainably managed forests provide essential goods and services and thus play a vital part in sustainable development.
Search the forest research site search search terms in quotes will enable a more specific search e. Currently, fao is preparing the global forest resources assessment 2005 fra 2005 which will be published in 2005. Global forest cover mapping for the united nations food. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The global forest resources assessment update 2005 fra 2005 has been. Global forest resources assessment 2000 fra 2000 fra 2000 was the most comprehensive and technologically advanced assessment in faos 50year history.
Temperate and boreal forest resources assessment 2000. Forest resources of europe, cis, north america, australia, japan and new zealand industrialized temperateboreal countries unecefao contribution to the global forest resources assessment 2000 united nations publication sales no. It is based on information provided by individual countries which has been verified and supplemented by global studies using the latest technology. Forest regrowth following historical clearing plays a substantial role in determining the size of the forest carbon sink, but studies also suggest sizeable contributions from growth enhancements such.
Fao, at the request of the member nations and the world community, regularly monitors the worlds forests through the forest resources assessment programme. The global forest resources assessment 2010 fra 2010 is the most. Forest service northern research station forest inventory and analysis program. The global forest resources assessment process is coordinated by the forestry. This global remote sensing survey is a complement to the compilation of national reports carried out under the forest resource assessment of 2010. Global forest resources assessment 2005 2007 fao, rome italy.
Consumption, production and trade by ed pepke forest products marketing specialist. They contribute to resilience of communities by regulating water flows, providing food, wood. This report provides the most comprehensive and technologically advanced assessment of forest resources in the 50year history of the food and agriculture organisation. This study presents and analyses results from the global forest resources assessment 2015 fra 2015 of the food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Temporate and boreal forest resources assessment tbfra. Fra 2000 will include countrylevel information based on existing forest inventory data, regional investigations of landcover change processes, and a number of global studies focusing on the. Additionally, there are many other products and services that depend on forest resources for which, again, there are no satisfactory estimates of global future demand. The total carbon content of forest ecosystems has been estimated at 638 gt for 2005, which is more than the amount of carbon in the entire atmosphere. Fao 2006 expert consultation on global forest resources. Forests in drylands are much more extensive than previously reported and cover a total area. Tropical forest resources assessment project in the framework of the global. This country report forms part of the global forest resources assessment 2005 fra 2005, which is the most comprehensive assessment to date. At the global level, the food and agriculture organization fao of the united nations has conducted a forest resources assessment fra program every 10 yr since 1980, producing statistics and analysis that give a global synopsis of forest resources in the world.
Pdf the forest resources assessment programme researchgate. The extent of forest area in dryland habitats, which occupy more than 40% of earths land surface, is uncertain compared with that in other biomes. According to fao global forest resources assessment 2005 and millennium assessment ma report 2005, deforestation is a result of the combination and interaction of complex factors acting on a given forest. The country reports have been compiled by officially nominated country correspondents in collaboration with fao staff. It is led by the forestry department of the food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Fra 2000, all countries in the world have been asked to use a com. Under the female participation in environmental institutions and education category, sexdisaggregated data is available from the global forest resource assessment fra of the food and agricultural organisation fao on the percentage of female staff in public forest institutions by region, and on the percentage of female graduates in forest. The global forest resources assessment country report series is designed to document and make available the information forming the basis for the fra reports.
Global forest vegetation stores 283 gt of carbon in its biomass, 38 gt in dead wood and 317 gt in soils top 30 cm and litter. In addition to tree farming initiatives, a number of strategies to conserve and protect forest resources have. Unece fao contribution to the global forest resources assessment 2000. Global forest resources assessment 2000 disclaimer the designations employed and the presentations of materials in this report does not imply the expression of any interest whatsoever on the part of the food and agriculture organization of the united nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city, or area or of its.
The fra reports the extent of the worlds forest area as well as other variables, including land tenure and access rights, sustainable forest management sfm, legal and. World resources institute 10 g street, ne washington, dc 20002 202. Global forest resources assessment 2005 professor rod keenan the university of melbourne. Gfmc national and regional landscape fire database gfmc. Forests are more than trees and fundamental for food security and improved livelihoods. Title 1945 request for first global assessment tttext. More than 800 people have been involved, including 172 national.
Faos global forest resources assessment fra, carried out at fiveyear intervals, provides the data. Forest monitoring designed for action global forest watch. Forest resources of europe, cis, north america, australia, japan and new zealand industrialized temperate\ boreal countries. Global forest resources assessments food and agriculture. Global forest resources assessment update 2005 terms and. The global forest resources assessment, autoevaluation. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Global information on the extent and quality of the forest resource did not exist until rafael zon and sparhawk 1923 produced the first comprehensive global forest resources assessment in 1923. The chapter present evolution of fao global forest resources assessments started in 1945 to provide globally consistent comprehensive information on forests of the world on a periodic basis. Global forest resources assessment 2005 progress towards sustainable forest management food and agriculture organization of the united nations rome, 2006 fao forestry. For the first time since fra 2000, the number of variables has been reduced to.
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