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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015. How are the World's Forests Changing? Second edition

Year of publication 2016

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 54 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109283-5

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This publication is the latest in a series of reports by FAO, the first of which was published in 1948. It is a synthesis of key results from the 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessment which is conducted every five years. It summarizes findings and data sources and links to more detailed publications and online resources. Timing for this document is critical in that it is designed to be distributed and released at the World Forestry Congress on 8 September 2015. The Congress is co-organized by FAO and the Government of South Africa.

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