FOOD
AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2001
The State of the World's Forests, 2001Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
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PART I
THE SITUATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FOREST SECTOR
Recent developments
The status of forest resources
Management, conservation and sustainable development of
forest resources
Forest goods and services
The changing institutional framework for the forest sector
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PART II
KEY ISSUES IN THE FOREST SECTOR TODAY
The status of forests: the Global Forest Resources
Assessment 2000
The assessment process
Global forest resources in 2000
Forest management in 2000
Conclusions
Climate change and forests
Global carbon cycle
The role of forests in the global carbon budget
Climate change and forests
Carbon management strategies
Conclusions and future issues
Forest biological diversity conservation: protected
area management
The status of protected forest areas: what and how much
should be protected
Effectiveness of protected area management
Current approaches to protected area management
Paying for protected area management
Conclusions
Illegal activities and corruption in the forest
sector
Illegal activities affecting forest resources and industries
The magnitude and effect of illegal forest activities
What can be done about illegal and corrupt forest
activities?
Conclusions
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PART III
INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE AND INITIATIVES RELATED TO FORESTS
International dialogue and global, regional and
national initiatives
The IFF and UNFF processes
International conventions
and agreements related to forests
Recent initiatives of regional groups
Efforts at the ecoregional level
National-level efforts to support sustainable forest
management
Other initiatives
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PART IV
FORESTRY IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPS
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Caribbean Community and Common Market
Commonwealth of Independent States
Economic Community of West African States
European Community
Latin American Economic System
League of Arab States
North American Free Trade Agreement
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
South Pacific Forum
Southern African Development Community
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ANNEX 1 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS
ANNEX 2 DATA TABLES
TABLE 1
TABLE 2
TABLE 3
TABLE 4
TABLE 5
TABLE 6
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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