Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) 2020 Regional Workshop for North America, Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Региональный семинар по Оценке Лесных Ресурсов (ОЛР) 2020 для Северной Америки, Европы, Кавказа и Центральной Азии

18-20 April 2018, Room XII, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Meeting hours: 10.00--18.00
Workshop languages: English, Russian

18-20 апреля 2018, Room XII, Дворец Наций, Женева
Время встречи: 10.00 -18.00
Языки: английский, русский

The workshop is organized jointly by UNECE, FAO and FOREST EUROPE.

The Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) is the main source of information on the state of the forests globally. It contains information on the forest area, forest characteristics, forest productive functions, biodiversity, health conditions of forest ecosystems, ownership of forests, forest related livelihoods and other economic and social indicators showing progress in Sustainable Forest Management (SFM).

The FRA 2020 assessment will be based on two primary sources of data: country reports prepared by national correspondents who are nominated by countries and data gathered through remote sensing. The process is carried out in collaboration with the main forest related organizations, convention and processes, notably with the Collaborative Forest Resources Questionnaire, which gathers the Central African Forests Commission, the Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization, FOREST EUROPE, the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Montréal Process and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

For the first time, the global reporting will be carried out in coordination with the pan-European reporting on SFM, as a joint effort of countries in the region supported by the UNECE, FAO and FOREST EUROPE.

This will be facilitated by the use of two main questionnaires on quantitative and qualitative indicators. The Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section and the FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Bratislava will coordinate and support the national data collection process, in cooperation with the FAO FRA secretariat.

Pictures from the workshop can be found at: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmi2bpeY

Фотографии с семинара можно найти на сайте: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmi2bpeY

 Presentations from the workshop

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