The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000
(FRA 2000)
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Contents

Foreword ..iii
Preface .. v
Acknowledgements ..vii
Abbreviations ...xi
List of tables ... xv
List of figures ..xvii
Executive summary  ... xxi

PART I: GLOBAL ISSUES
11. Forest area and area change ... 1
12. Wood volume and woody biomass .. 17
13. Forest plantations ... 23
14. Trees outside the forest . 39
15. Biological diversity ... 45
16. Forest management  ... 51
17. Forests in protected areas ... 61
18. Fires ... 65
19. Wood supply ... 73
10. Non-wood forest products .. 81

PART II: FOREST RESOURCES BY REGION
11. Africa ... 101
12. Africa: ecological zones ... 103
13. North Africa ... 109
14. West Africa ... 115
15. Central Africa .. 121
16. East Africa ... 127
17. Southern Africa .... 133
18. Africa – small islands ... 139
19. Asia ... 143
20. Asia: ecological zones  ... 145
21. West Asia ... 157
22. Central Asia ... 163
23. South Asia ... 167
24. Southeast Asia ... 173
25. East Asia ... 179
26. Europe ... 185
27. Europe: ecological zones ... 187
28. Northern Europe ... 197
29. Central Europe ... 203
30. Southern Europe ... 211
31. Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation and Ukraine ... 217
32. North and Central America and the Caribbean .... 223
33. North and Central America: ecological zones .... 225
34. North America, excluding Mexico ... 235
35. Central America and Mexico ... 243
36. Caribbean ... 249
37. Oceania ..... 255
38. Oceania: ecological zones ... 257
39. Australia and New Zealand .. 265
40. Other Oceania ..... 271
41. South America .... 279
42. South America: ecological zones .... 281
43. Tropical South America ... 287
44. Non-tropical South America ... 293

PART III: PROCESSES AND METHODOLOGIES
45. Framework for implementation and country participation ... 299
46. Pan-tropical survey of forest cover changes 1980-2000 .... 305
47. Global mapping ... 321
48. Forestry information system development ... 333

PART IV: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
49. Conclusions .. 343
50. Process review of FRA 2000 ... 349
51. Recommendations for future assessments .... 355

APPENDICES
Appendix 1. FRA 2000 contributors .... 361
Appendix 2. Terms and definitions .... 363
Appendix 3. Global tables . . 371
Appendix 4. FRA 2000 publications ... 445
Appendix 5. Authors by chapter ... 449
Appendix 6. Earlier global assessments ... 451
Index of geographic names ... 457
Index of botanical names .... 465