Global Forest Resources Assessment

Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA)
Formation	1948
Headquarters	Rome, Italy
Parent Organization	Food and Agriculture Organization
Website	fao.org/fra

The Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) reports on the status and trends of the world's forest resources. It is led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).^[1]

FRA reports the extent of the world's forest area as well as other variables, including forest growing stock, biomass and carbon, forest designation and management, forest ownership and management rights, forest disturbances, forest policy and legislation, employment education and non-timber forest products.

^ MacDicken, Kenneth G. (2015). "Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: What, why and how?" (PDF). Forest Ecology and Management. 352 (Science to sustain the World's Forest): 3–8. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.006. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

[1] MacDicken, Kenneth G. (2015). "Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015: What, why and how?" (PDF). Forest Ecology and Management. 352 (Science to sustain the World's Forest): 3–8. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2015.02.006. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

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