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Spotlight on forest monitoring
16 July 2008 - 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... ]
FRA 2010 is launched
FRA 2010 was officially launched during a meeting held in Rome from 3 to 7 March 2008.
The first meeting of the FRA 2010 Remote Sensing Task Force was held in Rome on 4-5 March 2008 as a parallel event to the main technical meeting of the National Correspondents to the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010.
To view and download the FRA 2010 brochure, please click on the following links:
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Recent publications
The world's mangroves 1980-2005 - Forestry Paper 153 (2007)
Forest Resources Assessment Working Paper - 141 Options and recommendations for a global remote sensing survey of forests. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010. Ralph M. Ridder (2007), EN , 56pp
Global assessment of growing stock, biomass and carbon stock. Forest Resources Assessment Working Paper 106. 2006.
Global planted forests thematic study. Results and analysis. A thematic study prepared in the framework of FRA 2005. Planted Forest and Trees Working Paper FP/38. 2006.
Fire management global assessment 2006. A thematic study prepared in the framework of FRA 2005. FAO Forestry paper 151. 2006.