Helsinki
30 September 2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Comparative framework and Options for harmonization of definition
Threshold Defining Stand Characteristics
Definition of `Temporary'
Unstocked Areas
Expansion of Existing Definitions of Forest
Summary of Options
Changes between Forest and Non-forest
Definitions
Afforestation and Natural Expansion of Forest
Reforestation
Deforestation
Summary of Options
REFERENCES
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Main Processes Providing Forest-related Definitions
Table 1.2 Terms Included in the Analysis and Their Grouping
Table 1.3 Parameters of Definitions of `Forest'
Table 1.4 Parameters of Various Definitions of `Forest Degradation'
Table 1.5 Parameters of Definitions of Managed Forest and Forest Management
Table 1.6 Parameters of Definitions of Forest Type
Table 1.7 Parameters of Definitions of Forest Plantations
List of Figures
Figure 1.1 Decomposing of Definitions
Figure 1.2 Relationship between Current FRA Land Classes and Proposed New Sub-classes Combining Forestry with Other Land Uses
Figure 1.3 Relationship between Current FRA Land Use Classes and Land Areas Qualifying for `Revegetation' under UNFCCC
Figure 1.4 Relationship of Current FRA Land Classes with the Proposed Sub-classes under `Other Wooded Land' and `Other Land'
Figure 1.5 Elements of Composite Index Comprising Supply of Goods and Benefits and Characteristics of Forest Structure
Figure 1.6 Detection of Changes in and between Forest and Non-forest Land
List of Boxes
Box 1.1 Key Terminology (Countercheck with Oxford Dictionary)
Box 1.2 Definitions of Forests
Box 1.3 Definitions of Forest and Other Land Management
Box 1.4 Definitions of Non-forest Land, Trees Outside Forests, and Change in Vegetation
Box 1.5 Definitions of Changes between Forest and Non-forest46
Box 1.6 Definitions of Forest Degradation
Box 1.7 Definitions of Managed Forests and Forest Management
Box 1.8 Definitions of Biome and Domain
Box 1.9 Definitions of Forest Type
Box 1.10 FAO Global Ecological Zoning
Box 1.11 Definition of Forest Ecosystem
Box 1.12 Definitions of Natural and Plantation Forest
List of Annexes
Annex 1 Exploration of Definitions for Selected
Complementary Terms
Annex 2 Definitions of Forest and Related Land Use
Classifications and Forest Change Processes
Annex 3 Forest Biodiversity
Definitions under the CBD Process
Annex 4 ITTO's Forest-related
Definitions
Annex 5 Definitions Relating to Land Use, Land-use Change and Forestry Activities under the Kyoto Protocol