FAO FRA homepage
Welcome to the Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) homepage. On
our pages you will find publications
produced by the FRA Programme
and results from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000.
You will also find definitions
of forest and forestry terms used by FAO. Linked to our pages you
will find information about forests and forestry in all countries.
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FRA 2000 report
The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000 (FRA 2000) provides a comprehensive
and up-to-date view of the world's forest resources at the end of the second millennium.
It is the result of the collective efforts of the countries of the world.
This major undertaking was based primarily on information provided by the countries,
supplemented by state-of-the-art technology to verify and analyse the information and to
make the results accessible to the world through the Internet.
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List of FRA sites
List of the 117 FRA sampling units sorted by country.
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Maps of FRA sites
View the 117 FRA sampling units using the TEMS Maps interface and functions.
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Land cover classification
A uniform land cover classification was used for all the sampling
units to map, gather statistics and describe the vegetation,
and in particular woody vegetation.
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Forest Cover Change variable
Forest Cover, in the context of the remote sensing component
of FAO’s Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) series, is defined
as land with tree crown cover > 10 % and with tree heights > 5
metres covering an area > 0.5 ha. Woody vegetation cover with
canopy cover > 10 % and heights between 1 m and 5 m are
called shrubs.
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