
Proceedings - Expert meeting on harmonizing forest-related definitions for use by various stakeholders

Available online: http://foris.fao.org/meetings/download/_2002/expert_meeting_on_harmonizing_fores [...]

Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome, Italia) ; World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Published by: FAO ; 2002The meeting started a process which aims to achieve more consistency in the use of forest-related definitions, thus contributing to reducing reporting requirements and respective costs for countries, as well as facilitating communication and negotiation between international conventions, processes and instruments. The meeting recommended, inter alia, establishing a Task Group; preparing a comprehensive analytical framework; and organizing another expert meeting to review the framework and decide on further action.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy