Forests Links

1. Factual links

   Some of the websites providing factual information on Forests:

   • 1.1 Institutions addressing Forests
   • 1.2 Q&As & FAQs on Forests
   • 1.3 News sites on Forests
   • 1.4 Other websites
2. 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 to 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

• 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 FAO provides forestry-related news at:
  www.fao.org/forestry/ 
• 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/scientific_information/themes/forests_and_trees/overview/ 
• 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

Euractiv addresses Forestry in an article entitled “Forest sector seeks inclusion in emissions trading” at: www.euractiv.com/en/sustainability/