The Timber and forestry programme of the United nations economic commission for Europe (Unece) and the Food and agricolture organization of the united nations (Fao) has released a new web-based re source tool designed by the International community to enable researchers, policymakers, practitioners and the general public to access data Europe’s forests.
The database is a comprehensive research tool based on the report State of Europe’s forest 2007, and includes data which have so far not been published.
This is the first time that such a comprehensive set of information pertinent to sustainable forest management and forest resources assessment in Europei s being published via an online data management system. It provides an unprecedented scope of information, collected by hundreds of individuals and dozens of agenzie, and is accessible through a user-friendly interface.
The database is available at W3.unece.org/pxweb/Dialog/.
