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Towards the 2010 assessment
FRA 2010 was officially launched during a meeting held in Rome from 3 to 7 March 2008. The summary report of the meeting is available here.
The 1st meeting of the Task Force for the FRA 2010 Remote Sensing Survey was held in Rome from 4 to 5 March 2008. The draft report is available here.
To date, 175 countries have responded to FAO’s request to officially nominate a national correspondent.
A series of regional workshops will be organised during 2008. More information on the workshops will be posted on this website as it becomes available.
A short presentation of the FRA 2010 process and its main components is available here.
For more information, please click on the following links to view and download the FRA 2010 brochure:
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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.
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005
The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (FRA 2005) is the latest and most comprehensive assessment of forests and forestryto date. It includes information on current status and recent trends for about 40 variables covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land. The results are presented according to six thematic elements of sustainable forest management.
A multilingual CD-ROM is now available containing the FRA 2005 main report, key findings, the 229 country reports, global result tables in Excel format, maps, graphs and a PowerPoint presentation. To obtain a copy, please contact: fra@fao.org.
Last updated on 18 March 2008