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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
Flagship publication
The State of the World's Forests
International forestry journal
Restoring the Mediterranean region – status and challenges
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FAO Forestry Paper 169: Global forest land-use change 1990-2005
02/2012
This report presents the key findings on forest land use and land-use change between 1990 and 2005 from FAO’s 2010 Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey. It is the first report of its kind to present systematic estimates of global forest land use and change.
FAO Forestry Paper 168: Soil carbon monitoring using surveys and modelling
01/2012
This publication describes the application of survey- and modelling-based methods for monitoring soil organic carbon stock and its changes on a national scale.
FAO Forestry Paper 167: Wildlife in a changing climate
12/2011
For the past twenty years climate change has been high on the international agenda. Together with desertification, soil degradation and biodiversity loss, it is widely recognized as the major environmental threat the world is facing.
FAO Forestry Paper 166: Community-based fire management: A review
02/2011
This publication is based on the experiences of FAO and partners in community-based fire management (CBFiM).
FAO Forestry Paper 165: Reforming forest tenure
02/2011
Secure tenure is an important prerequisite for sustainable forest management. More diversified tenure systems could provide a basis for improving forest management and local livelihoods, particularly where the State has insufficient capacity to manage forests.
