Europe: new interactive database for sustainable forest management

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/.