TITLE:
State of the world's forests 1999.

AUTHOR:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

SOURCE:
Rome, Italy, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Forestry Department, 1999. xi, 154 p.

ABSTRACT:
The State of the World's Forests 1999 (SOFO 1999) provides information on the state of forests worldwide from the perspective of sustainable forest management. It also sheds light on policy reforms, institutional developments, international conventions, economic changes, and other factors affecting forests, forest goods, and their provision of social and environmental services. Furthermore, SOFO 1999 takes a closer look at the need for different types of forest information, the scope of databases, national and international capabilities to collect and analyze information, and international efforts to make it more accessible. Other topics covered in this issue include the changing resources of wood supply, increased participation in forest planning and management, and formal and informal instruments in achieving sustainable forest management. This global view of forestry is augmented by information about the forest sector at the regional and subregional levels.

YEAR:
1999

PIP#:
150363