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FRA 2010 Newsletter 04 now available online!

We are pleased to present the fourth issue of the FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 E-Newsletter, the FRA 2010 News 04.

With this newsletter we aim to connect all FRA national and international partners and other forest resource assessment professionals and to bring you the latest FRA 2010 related information. All issues of the FRA 2010 News are posted online at: www.fao.org/forestry/site/48835/en.

In this issue you will find information on the progress of the different components of FRA 2010, on the forest products statistics and on national forest monitoring and assessment systems. It also provides information on the workshops and meetings related to FRA.

FRA at COFO and the World Forest Week

A special event on FRA 2010 was held during the first World Forestry Week and the 19th session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO) which took place at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy 16-20 March 2009.

The event took place on 17 March 2009 and focused on monitoring and reporting on forests, and on climate change and sustainable forest management. Presentations were made on the country reporting process, the global remote sensing survey on forests and on a special study on Forest Degradation currently undertaken by FAO and its partners.

To view the presentations made at this event, please see: http://www.fao.org/forestry/55078/en/.

Press releases

FRA 2010 Remote Sensing Survey

10 October 2008 FRA 2010 will include work on a Remote Sensing Survey of the world's forests. To view and download the brochure on the FRA 2010 Remote Sensing Survey, please click here [more...]

Bioénergie: la FAO anticipe des changements majeurs Bioénergie: la FAO anticipe des changements majeurs

16 July 2008 Sous la double pression de l’envolée des prix du pétrole et de l’augmentation des contraintes environnementales, le mouvement vers un transfert international majeur des énergies fossiles aux bioénergies renouvelables gagne du terrain, selon la FAO. With global concern growing over deforestation, loss of carbon stored in forests and the role of forests in climate change, the spotlight has been turned on forest monitoring in a bid to safeguard forests and monitor emissions from deforestation. [more...]

FAO launches the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 La bioénergie pour combattre la pauvreté FAO launches the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 La bioénergie pour combattre la pauvreté

6 March 2008 L'agriculture et la foresterie pourraient devenir des sources principales de bioénergie, un élément essentiel pour atteindre deux des Objectifs du Millénaire: éliminer l'extrême pauvreté et la faim et assurer un environnement durable, selon la FAO. L'agriculture et la foresterie pourraient devenir des sources principales de bioénergie, un élément essentiel pour atteindre deux des Objectifs du Millénaire: éliminer l'extrême pauvreté et la faim et assurer un environnement durable, selon la FAO. [more...]