Category: integrated assessment
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010
The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) is the most comprehensive assessment of forests and forestry to date - not only in terms of the number of countries and people involved -but also in terms of scope. It examines the current status and recent trends for about 90 variables covering the extent, condition, uses and values of forests and other wooded land, with the aim of assessing all benefits from forest resources. Information has been collated from 233 countries and...
Climate mitigation and the future of tropical landscapes
Land-use change to meet 21st-century demands for food, fuel, andfiber will depend on many interactive factors, including globalpolicies limiting anthropogenic climate change and realized improvementsin agricultural productivity. Climate-change mitigation policieswill alter the decision-making environment for land management,and changes in agricultural productivitywill influence cultivated landexpansion.We explore towhat extent future increases in agriculturalproductivity might offset conversion...
