Year of publication 1981

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Pages 108

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Author Forest management Division

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Product type Book (stand-alone)

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) In accordance with their mandate and the reccomandations of their statutory bodies, FAO and UNEP agreed to undertake a reassessment of the present situation and current evolution of the forest resources of the tropical world within the framework of the Global Environment Monitoring System (GEMS). The FAO/UNEP tropical forest resources assessment project, signed on 8 November 1978 by both organizations, started on 1 December 1978 and was completed in June 1981. The present report in its English a nd French versions provides the results found for tropical Africa. Two other reports refer respectivelyto tropical America (in Spanish) and to tropical Asia (in English). Results for the three regions together and project conclusions are summarized in a fourth report published in English French and Spanish.

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Language English

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