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State of the world's forests.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest policy--Periodicals.
- Forest policy.
- Forests and forestry--Periodicals.
- Forests and forestry.
- Forest management--Periodicals.
- Forest management.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 181 p.
- Began with 1995.
- Place of Publication:
- Rome : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the fourth edition of the biennial report on the current state of global forest resources and recent developments in the forest sector. It contains summary data and information on the status and change in forest resources worldwide from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000, and chapters on selected key issues: climate change and forests, the conservation of forest-based biological diversity, and illegal activities and corruption in the forest sector. The report also considers the issues of international dialogue and initiatives in support of countries' commitments to sustainable forest management, and to forestry in regional economic groups.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Executive summary
- PART I THE SITUATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FOREST SECTOR
- Recent developments
- PART II KEY ISSUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR TODAY
- The status of forests: the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000
- Climate change and forests
- Forest biological diversity conservation: protected area management
- Illegal activities and corruption in the forest sector
- PART III INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE AND INITIATIVES RELATED TO FORESTS
- International dialogue and global, regional and national initiatives
- PART IV FORESTRY IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPS
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Caribbean Community and Common Market
- Commonwealth of Independent States
- Economic Community of West African States
- European Community
- Latin American Economic System
- League of Arab States
- North American Free Trade Agreement
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- South Pacific Forum
- Southern African Development Community
- ANNEX 1 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS
- ANNEX 2 DATA TABLES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC:
- 70763826
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