Year of publication 2000

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Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

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Product type Book (stand-alone)

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Until recently, efforts at assessing and monitoring forests have focused on the amount (area) of forest remaining and/or its standing timber volume. Increasingly the multiple benefits and functions of forests, including provision of non-wood forest products, hydrological functions, carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection have been recognised, and their consideration in forest assessment has been recommended. There is now a perception that not all forests are equal, whether it be for tim ber production or for conservation of biodiversity. The international community has placed a high priority on assessing and monitoring the capacity of forests to provide any given range of services and conveying this information to policy and decision-makers and the general public (Nyyssonen & Ahti 1996). In this paper we discuss: • ways in which the capacity of forests to maintain their original biodiversity can be assessed at broad geographical scales; • the problems inherent in such as sessments; • the most useful ways of presenting the results, and • steps that need to be taken to ensure effective monitoring in the future.

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Language English

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