Global forests
Area,management,and ownership
Global forests
Data on world forest extent,plantation
extent,and forest management and
ownership provide the basis for monitoring
the status of the world’s forest,as well as
analyzing the effects of markets and
government on those forests,
Global forests
1,forest types and areas
There are Plethora of definition and data
about forest types and areas and ownership
,we summarize as below:
(1) Forest types
(2) Total forest areas
(3) planted forest types
(4) Forest management and protection
2,ownership
Forest types and areas
（ 1） Forest types,
? Forest can be consider as
either closed or open
(FAO 2001a ),
? Forest also could be
divided in another way
(FAO 2001a ),
closed forests
open forests
shrubland
forest fallow
other land
tropical forests
subtropical
forests
temperate forests
boreal forests
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Forest types and areas
（ 2） Total forest areas
Overall,information about the state of the
world’s forests is scare,The FRA 2000 provides
the current standard world land and forest area
(FAO 2001a),Table 2.1will give you this kind of
information.
Forest types and areas
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Forest types and areas
（ 3） Planted forest types：
? Different kind of data,when available,was
computed to estimate the Planted forest area
reported in table 2.1.
Forest types and areas
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Forest types and areas
(4) Forest management and protection:
? Timber is the major market-based forest product and a
primary reason for actively managing forests
? Overall,43% of all forests have some type of
management plan (table 2.2) though it does not
necessarily indicate intensive management。
? The role of the world’s forests in supplying nontimber
products and service is increasingly recognized,About
12%of the world’s forests are legally protected,
? Forest certification is on the rise,
Forest types and areas
(4) Forest management and protection:
? Despite growing environmental awareness and
conservation efforts,forests decline continues,About
180 million ha of forests were lost during 1980 and
1995 (FAO 1997).
? The pace of deforestation has lowed somewhat (FAO
2001b).
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Ownership
? Ownership greatly affects the ability of market to
allocate resources and to protect forests from
destructive exploitation,and in somewhat
determine the management approaches.
Ownership
? Forests could be owned by firms or individuals in
the public sector or by the public sector,there are
still various other intermediate forms forest land (eg,
Owned by NGO).
? Ownership Varies substantially throughout the
world,each kind has advantages and disadvantages.