Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 Progress Towards Sustainable Forest Management

摘要

FRA 2005 examines current status and recent trends for about 40 variables, covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources. In the main section of this report, results are presented according to six themes representing important elements of sustainable forest management: (1) Extent of forest resources; (2) Biological diversity; (3) Forest health and vitality; (4) Productive functions of forest resources ( 5) Protectove functions of forest resources and (6) Socio-economic functions. The ten most forest-rich countries account for two-thirds of total forest area. Seven countries or areas have no forest at all, and an additional 57 have forest on less than 10 percent of their total land area.