Scientific Facts on
Forests
Forests Links
- Factual links
Some of the websites providing reliable scientific information on Forests :
- Partner links
1. Factual links
1.1 Institutions addressing Forests
- The (FAO) Forestry website provides “access to all of FAO’s forest-related databases, detailed country profiles and links to documents on all aspects of forestry” at:
www.fao.org/forestry/site/about/en/

- The World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP-WCMC) dedicates part of its website on Forests and provides all kinds of useful links at:
www.unep-wcmc.org/forest/homepage.htm

- The United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), whose objective is to promote “the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests and to strengthen long-term political commitment to this end”:
www.un.org/esa/forests/

- The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission publishes its forestry measures at:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/fore/index_en.htm

- The World Bank addresses Forests and Forestry at:
http://web.worldbank.org/

1.2 Q&As & FAQs on Forests
- The FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) Forestry website provides “Facts and figures” on Forets in questions and answers at:
www.fao.org/forestry/site/28679/en/

- Global Forest Watch (GFW) answers a few Frequently Asked Questions on Forests at:
www.globalforestwatch.org/english/about/faqs.htm

- The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) provides relevant forest-related information and links at: www.nrdc.org/land/forests/default.asp
, as well as an FAQ on “How Forest Certification Helps the Environment” at: www.nrdc.org/land/forests/qcert.asp

1.3 News sites on Forests
- The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), an international research and global knowledge institution committed to conserving forests, provides forestry-related news and information at:
www.cifor.cgiar.org

- The Commonwealth Forestry Association (CFA) provides latest forestry news at:
www.cfa-international.org

- The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC) promotes sustainable forest management and provides news on the topic at:
www.pefc.org

1.4 Other websites
- The WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) presents its Forests Programme at:
www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/forests/index.cfm

- The Forest Conservation Programme of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) provides forest-related information and news at:
www.iucn.org/themes/fcp/

- Biodiversity International addresses the importance of forests and trees in maintaining biodiversity:
www.bioversityinternational.org/Plants_and_Animals/Forests_and_Trees/

- Forest Trends, an international non-profit organization that works to expand the value of forests to society and to promote sustainable forest management and conservation, promotes sustainable forestry at:
www.forest-trends.org/index.php

- The University of Minnesota proposes a “Forestry Library” containing “information in all formats relating to the subjects of forestry, forest products, outdoor recreation, range management, and remote sensing” at:
http://forestry.lib.umn.edu/index.html

2. Partner links
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, SDC, provides multilingual information on Forests at:
www.sdc.admin.ch |
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