Forestry

FAO Forestry statistics

FAO Forestry Division works with statistics in the following areas:

• Global compilations of comparable statistics 
  • annual data on production, import / export and consumption of forest products (FAOSTAT-Forestry and FAO Yearbook of Forest Products);
  • pulp and paper production capacities and recovered paper data surveys; and
  • every fifth year report on forest resource statistics (Global Forest Resources Assessments);
• Country support
  • the Country Capacity Development on Forest Products Statistics programme conducts capacity development activities and training to improve and enhance the quality, reliability and efficiency of national forest products statistical systems;
  • collection of forest resource statistics aimed at improving the country capacity for planning and policy development (Forest Monitoring and Assessment).