Factual Links on Forests and Forestry

  Here are some of the websites providing reliable information on Forests and Forestry:

For up-to-date links of forests and forrestry, please consult www.greenfacts.org/en/forests/links/

1. Information for the non-specialist
2. Forests and Forestry News
3. Policy related Websites
4. Forestry initiatives
5. Some Other Websites on Forests and Forestry
 

1. Information for the non-specialist

For up-to-date links of forests and forrestry, please consult www.greenfacts.org/en/forests/links/

• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
  Global Forest Resources Assessment 2000
  http://www.fao.org/forestry/fo/fra/main/index.jsp
  
  
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization)
  State of the World's Forests 2001
  http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/y0900e/y0900e00.htm
  
  
• World Resources Institute: report on the extent of forest ecosystems and changes in forest extent and condition can be downloaded from:
  http://www.wri.org/wri/wr2000/forests_page.html
  
  
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) World Conservation Monitoring Centre: Forest GIS coverage, http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/data/cdrom2/text2.htm
  
  
• UNEP: map of the 'Global Distribution of Current Forests' by forest type,
  http://www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/global_map.htm
  
  
• Multimedia Pandora: Map of the major forest biomes and the most important forest types
  http://www.worldbiomes.com/biomes_map.htm
  
  
• Forests.org, Ecological Science Based Forest Conservation Advocacy:
  Links related to forest types, http://www.environmentalsustainability.info/land/forests/Types/

2. Some Forests and Forestry News Sites

For up-to-date links of forests and forrestry, please consult www.greenfacts.org/en/forests/links/

• Rainforestweb, World Rainforest Information Portal:
  http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/
  
  
• Environmental News Network (ENN), working to educate the world about environmental issues facing the Earth:
  http://www.enn.com/news/
  
  
• CIFOR – Center for International Forestry research
  News about recent relevant policy research
  http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/scripts/default.asp?ref=polex/index.htm
  
  

3. Some Policy-related Websites

For up-to-date links of forests and forrestry, please consult www.greenfacts.org/en/forests/links/

Biodiversity

• Secretariat of the Convention on Biodiversity:
  http://www.biodiv.org/default.asp
   
• WWF and IUCN: Opinions for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Forest Biodiversity
  http://www.iucn.org/themes/biodiversity/sbstta5/forests.pdf
  
  
• International Plant Genetics Resources Institute (IPGRI)
  Study and promotion of agricultural biodiversity
  http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/
  
  
• World Resources Institute (WRI) biodiversity publication: Questions and Answers about "bioprospecting" at http://www.wri.org/biodiv/bp-facts.html
  

Sustainable Development

• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  Policy of sustainable development
  http://www.ifc.org/enviro/EnvSoc/Safeguard/Forestry/forestry.htm
  
  
• World Bank: New Forest Policy strategy based on the principles of sustainable utilization
  http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/essdext.nsf/
  

Certification

• Pan European Forest Certification Council (PEFC)
  Framework for the mutual recognition of credible national or regional forest certification schemes, http://www.pefc.org/
  
  
• The Natural Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) Forest Certification FAQ:
  http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/qcert.asp
  
  
• Forest Stewardship Council: Most widely recognized certification system
  http://fscoax.org/
  
  

  Transparency

• Forest Integrity Network: A joint project of CID, IUCN and Transparency International
  http://www.cid.harvard.edu/esd/fin/fin.html
  
  
• Global Forest Watch: Infusing transparency and accountability into forest management
  http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/about/index.htm

4. Forestry initiatives

For up-to-date links of forests and forrestry, please consult www.greenfacts.org/en/forests/links/

• World Resources Institute: Frontier Forests Initiative
  http://www.wri.org/wri/ffi/
  
  
• Forest Trends: an international forum whose members are drawn from conservation NGOs, the forest industry sectors, research centres, and donors. The Forest Trends website has excellent links to forest-related sites.
  http://www.forest-trends.org/

• Taiga Rescue Network: an international network of individuals, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and indigenous peoples and nations concerned with the protection, restoration and sustainable use of the world's boreal forests.
  http://www.taigarescue.org/

5. Some Other Websites on Forests and Forestry

For up-to-date links of forests and forrestry, please consult www.greenfacts.org/en/forests/links/

• The World Resource Institute (WRI) environmental database:
  http://earthtrends.wri.org
  
  
• International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF): one of eighteen centers in the CGIAR, http://www.ciesin.org/IC/icraf/ICRAF.html