UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section
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UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section | |
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Founded: | early 1950s |
Scope: | Global |
Policy area: | Forest and forestry |
Type of institution: | Intergovernmental organisation |
Field of work: | Economics, policy and research |
Language: | English |
URL: | UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section website |
Format: | html |
Access: | Free |
Publisher: | UNECE |
Country(ies): | Switzerland |
Date: | 4/10/2011 |
The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section has served as a trusted source of information, data and analysis about the forest sector in the UNECE region for more than 60 years. It also provides a forum for policy discussion about major issues that affect the forest sector.
Objective | To strengthen the forest sector and its contribution to sustainable development in Europe, the CIS and North America |
Thematic priority(ies) | Markets and statistics, forest resource assessment, forest sector outlook, social and cultural issues, policy and cross-sectoral issues |
Functions | The UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section conducts regular forest resources assessments, forest sector outlook studies, and forest products annual market reviews. Its activities on forest policies and institutions include: data collection, analysis and dissemination, monitoring of developments, analysis of trends and capacity building |
Linkage(s) to policy processes, instruments and institutions | UNFF, FOREST EUROPE, Forestry-FAO, European Commission (Directorates General Enterprise, Agriculture, Environment, Transport and Energy), Eurostat, EEA,JRC |
Keywords | Markets and statistics, forest resource assessment, forest sector outlook, social and cultural issues, policy and cross-sectoral issues, information, data and analysis |
FOREST EUROPE criteria | FOREST EUROPE indicators | ToSIA indicators |
Forest resources and carbon | Forest area | All |