Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) provides essential information for understanding the extent of forest resources, their condition, management and uses.
FRA 2020 examined the status of, and trends in, more than 60 forest-related
variables in 236 countries and territories in the period 1990–2020. FRA 2020 data were collected using commonly agreed terms and definitions through a transparent, traceable reporting process and a well-established network of officially nominated
national correspondents that covers 187 countries and territories. More than 700 people were directly involved in this process.
Since 1990, FRAs have complemented the information collected through the country reporting process with remote
sensing. FRA 2020 continued this tradition through a participatory global Remote Sensing Survey (RSS), to derive independent regional and global estimates of forest area and its changes and to improve the capacity of developing countries to use the
latest remote sensing data and products.
Key outputs
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A fresh perspective: FRA 2020
Interactive story about the key findings of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020.
FRA 2020 reports
FRA 2020 reports for 236 countries and territories in pdf format.
Maps
Access to FRA 2020 maps on key variables.
Video on the FRA 2020 launch
Virtual launch of the results of the FRA 2020
Supporting documents
Publications
How much do large-scale and small-scale farming contribute to global deforestation?
2023
This study expands on the work conducted during the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 Remote Sensing Survey and revisits the extensive dataset...
The world’s mangroves 2000–2020
2023
This report provides global and regional estimates of the area covered by mangrove forests, including area changes between 2000 and 2020. It analyses...
FRA 2020 Remote Sensing Survey
2022
The FRA 2020 Remote Sensing survey is a global collaborative study of the land use dynamic between the years 2000, 2010 and 2018. More than 800 local...
Status of, and trends in, the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators
2022
The strong commitment of the international community to provide the information necessary for monitoring progress towards global goals, targets and...
An assessment of uptake of the Global Core Set of Forest-related Indicators
2022
The twenty-fifth session of the Committee on Forestry requested FAO to analyse - in collaboration with members of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests...
A guide to forest–water management
2021
The purpose of "A guide to forest–water management" is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water....
Seventy years of FAO's Global Forest Resources Assessment (1948-2018)
2018
The Global Forest Resources Assessment of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrated its 70th Anniversary in 2018....
Keeping an eye on SDG 15
2017
This publication presents three Sustainable Development Goal indicators for which FAO is the custodian agency: 15.1.1 (Forest area as a proportion of...
Trees, forests and land use in drylands: the first global assessment
2019
Drylands cover 41 percent of the Earth's land surface. This publication presents the results of the first global assessment of trees, forests and land...
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