Commonwealth Forests
An overview of the
Commonwealth’s forest
resources
COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
2007
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GLOSSARY
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTERS
1. The forest resource - Jim Ball
2. Sustainable forest management and protection - Jim Ball
3. Benefi ts from the forest - Gary Bull and Steven Northway
4. Forest policy, law and administration - Jim Ball
5. Training at professional and technical levels - John Innes and David Ward
6. Forest research and the Commonwealth - Peter Wood
7. The Commonwealth in the international forestry dialogue - Jim Ball
8. Challenges and opportunities in Commonwealth forestry - Jim Ball
ANNEXES
1. Commonwealth countries, land area and population
2. The forest resource
2.1 Area of forest and other wooded land
2.2 Characteristics of forest and other wooded land
2.3 Change in extent of forest, 1990-2000, 2000-2005
2.4 Change in extent of primary forest 1990-2005
2.5 Designated functions of forest - primary function 2005
2.6 Forest plantations 2005
2.7 Percentage of forest by ecological zone
2.8 National importance of forest ecological zones
2.9 Forest ownership 2005
3. Management and conservation tables
3.1 Management of the Production Tropical Permanent Forest Estate
3.2 Management of the Protection Tropical Permanent Forest Estate
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3.3 Commonwealth member countries of international processes on Criteria and Indicators
for Sustainable Forest Management
3.4 Commonwealth countries with forests under certifi cation schemes
3.5 IUCN protected area categories
4. Wood production and services
4.1 Industrial roundwood
4.2 Wood fuel
4.3 Employment
5. Commonwealth forestry associations and forestry journals
5.1 Professional forestry associations in the Commonwealth
5.2 Commonwealth forestry Journals
6.
International forestry agreements, conventions and regulations
6.1 International forestry-related agreements and conventions
6.2 Tree species subject to