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Book (stand-alone)Forest cover assessment in the Argentinean regions of monte and espinal 2001
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No results found.A priority activity for FAO in forestry is the Regional and Global Forest Resources Assessment, FRA. Available data on forest cover, types of forests and other data on the state of forests are collected on country basis, or preferably on sub national basis, to be components of Regional and Global Analysis of the world forests. For the last Regional and Global FRA the source for the Argentinean forest statistics, IFONA 1987, originated from 1986 and presented a native forest cover of 34.530.000 h a and from this source FRA estimated a native forests coverage of 33.394.500 ha in 1995. The forest statistics in IFONA 1987 were based on various partial forest inventories from different years using different terms and definitions. These inventory results were compiled without any distinction regarding terms and definitions used in the different inventories, meaning that the source for this reason and others is of low precision and therefore not reliable to be used directly in the FRA 2000. It was decided that for the coming FRA (2000) a new effort should be made to achieve more updated data to improve the quality of the new regional and global FRA analysis. -
DocumentForest assessment and monitoring 2002The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA 2000) is now completed, but work has already begun on the next global assessment. The expert consultation "Global Forest Resources Assessments - Linking National and International Efforts", known as Kotka IV, brought together international experts in July 2002 to address future concepts and strategies. The articles in this issue of Unasylva are adapted for a wider audience from papers prepared for the meeting. Without going into technical detail, they explore links among assessment and monitoring, national and international information needs, criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management, and reporting of forest-related information to international instruments. The technical details can be found on the FAO Web site (www.fao.org/forestry) and will be published in the Kotka IV proceedings.
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Book (stand-alone)Global Forest Resources Assessment Update 2005. Guidelines for Country Reporting to FRA 2005 2004Global forest resources assessments have been carried out by FAO since 1947 (FAO, 1948), practically since FAO was formed. The mandate to carry out these assessments stems both from the basic statutes of FAO, and from the decision of the Committee on Forestry (COFO). Global assessment reports have been published at approximately ten year intervals. The latest of these reports, FRA 2000, was published in 2001 (FAO, 2001). The Global Forest Resources Assessment Update for 2005, or FRA 2005, was re quested by COFO 2001 and COFO 2003, where it was recommended that global forest resources assessments should: (a) be carried out at 5 year intervals, (b) be related to international forestry processes and (c) be implemented as a broad based assessment.
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