Topic: forests

Mapping less disturbed forest tracts, floodplain and bottomland ecosystems of intact river basins, naturally rare and unique forest communities, and rare and endangered plant species habitats – to aid regional conservation strategies.

The analysis compiles a comprehensive set of geospatial indicators of human activities that lead to forest degradation and conversion. Illustrated by numerous maps, the results provide valuable insights for land-use planning and zoning.

Assesses the forest carbon situation in Russia and makes the data available to researchers and policy makers.

In one source, this Atlas contains much of the relevant spatially explicit data for forest management and governance in Cameroon.

Note: A more recent version of this Atlas is available.

The first analysis of its kind performed in Canada combining satellite imagery, GIS and ground-truthing to create an electronic atlas that uses ESRI software in an easy-to-use interface.

This brief presents preliminary findings and recommendations from research on natural resources in decentralization efforts around the world.

The first-ever, detailed map of intact forest landscapes in Russia, and can be used to flag areas where special precautions must be taken before development decisions are made.

Describes, for the first time, the extent and distribution of the country’s intact forests while identifying priority areas for conservation and future monitoring work.

A comprehensive, map-based analysis of the scale and pace of change affecting Indonesia’s forests and the forces and actors that are driving deforestation – turning Indonesia from a forest-rich country to a forest-poor country.

This first attempt at identifying boreal forest areas of minimal human disturbance (intact) using high-resolution satellite imagery reveals that only 14 percent or 32 million hectares of the boreal or northern forests of European Russia remain.

Cameroon’s forestry legislation is implemented by the allocation of ventes de coupe, Unités Forestières d’Aménagement (UFA) and community forests. This paper presents information on how different logging rights were allocated and to whom.

This millennial edition focuses on five critical ecosystems that have been shaped by the interaction of physical environment, biological conditions, and human intervention: Croplands, forests, coastal zones, freshwater systems, and grasslands.

Explores the scale and magnitude of timber, energy, and mineral resources development within Canada’s northern frontier, home to over a third of the world’s boreal forest and a tenth of total global forest cover.

Warns that allowing uncontrolled extractive activities in Venezuela’s Guayana region risks opportunities for economic growth and conservation. Identifies policy options for development plans with safeguard measures based on conservation, sustainability.

Offers the first scientific assessment of the world’s large, intact natural forests and graphically depicts the extent of human impacts on global forests.