FRA 2000 Global tables
| 1. | Basic country data | 9. | Forest management |
| 2. | FC-Information status | 10. | Removals |
| 3. | Forest cover 2000 | 11. | Management areas |
| 4. | Forest cover change | 12. | NWFP |
| 5. | FC-Latest state | 13. | Endangered species |
| 6. | Forest plantations | 14. | Forest by ecological zones |
| 7. | Volume & biomass | 15. | Forest in protected areas |
| 8. | Forest fires 2000 | 16. | FRA 2000 country interaction |
Notes to global tables |
Bibliography |
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Notes to global tables
Country nomenclature and regional groups used in the tables
The country names and order used in these tables follow standard UN practice regarding nomenclature and alphabetical listing of countries. Data for China incorporate values for China (including Hong Kong and Macao) and for Taiwan Province of China, as consistent with UN practice. The regional groups used in these tables represent FAO´s standardized regional breakdown of the world according to geographical (note: not economic or political) criteria.
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
Totals
Numbers may not tally because of rounding.
Abbreviations
| n.s. | = | not significant, indicating a very small value |
| - | = | not available (n.a.) |
| n.ap. | = | not applicable |
| 000 | = | thousands |
| = | empty data cells indicate a zero value |
Further information
For many of the country estimates, further background and explanation of the numbers are available in the FAO Forestry country profiles at: http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/country/nav_world.jspBibliography
FAO. 1988. An interim report on the state of forest resources in the developing countries. Miscellaneous paper FO:MISC/88/7. Rome.
FAO. 1998. FRA 2000 terms and definitions. FRA Working Paper No. 1. Rome. http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/fra/docs/FRA_WP1eng.pdf
FAO. 2001. Forest occurring species of conservation concern: review of status of information for FRA 2000. FRA Working Paper No. 53. Rome. http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/fra/index.jsp
FAO/UNEP. 1982. Tropical forest resources. FAO Forestry Paper No. 30. Rome.
UNECE/FAO. 1985. The forest resources of the ECE Region (Europe, the USSR, North America). Geneva.
UNECE/FAO. 1992. The forest resources of the temperate zones. The UNECE/FAO 1990 Forest Resources Assessment. Vol. 1. General forest resource information. New York, UN.
UNECE/FAO. 2000. Forest resources of Europe, CIS, North America, Australia, Japan and New Zealand: contribution to the global Forest Resources Assessment 2000. Geneva Timber and Forest Study Papers No. 17. New York and Geneva, UN. http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/fra/pdf/contents.htm
United Nations. 1997. World urbanization prospects - the 1996 revision. New York.
UN. 1999. World population prospects - the 1998 revision. New York.
World Bank. 2000. World development indicators 1999. Washington, DC.