The UNECE region is rich in forest resources with a forest area of 1.71 billion ha – an astounding 42% of the global total. Further, the majority of the global wood-based production is located in the region and there is increasing recognition of the value of natural capital and forest ecosystem services. Yet the forest sector, as well as many outside of it, is ever more concerned with changes in market prices and supply and demand patterns, production processes and investment as well as the need to improve livelihoods and address the impacts of climate change and loss of biodiversity in the region. Read more in English , in French or in Russian.
Methods and Processes
- Team of Specialists on Monitoring Sustainable Forest Management
- Forest Ownership
- Monitoring Sustainable Forest Management in the Caucasus and Central Asia (2016-2020 UNDA project)
Datasets
- UNECE/FAO/FOREST EUROPE Reporting 2020
- FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
- Forest ownership in the ECE region 2015
- Forest knowledge platform INForest
Policy briefs
- Criteria and indicators - an universal policy tool for Sustainable Forest Management
- National Forest Inventory - tool for decision making
- Information Systems - tool for better forest policy and management
- Criteria and indicator-based international Monitoring, Assessment and Reporting
- Criteria and indicators for forest-related communication
Meetings
- Side Event "State of Forests of the Caucasus and Central Asia" during the 14th session of the United Nations Forum on Forests, 7 May 2019
- Regional workshop on the State of Forests for the Caucasus and Central Asia,3-5 December 2018
- Regional Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) workshop for North America, Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia,18-20 April 2018
- National Wood Resource and Product Balances workshop, 5-6 December 2017
Publications
- FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
- State of Europe's Forests 2020
- State of Forests in the Caucasus and Central Asia
- Forest Ownership in the UNECE region 2020
- SEMAFOR - System for the Evaluation of the Management of Forests 2017
- Forests in the ECE Region 2015
Contact
Mr. Roman Michalak
Economic Affairs Officer
Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section
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