The aim of the studies is to monitor vegetation cover and forest fires to understand their effects on processes of global change.

Maintaining forest cover to meet present and future needs

Map showing forest cover in the Republic of Guatemala

Rehabilitation and conservation strategies for countries with low forest cover

Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management, including protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation

Reaffirming the special needs and requirements of countries with fragile forest ecosystems, including those of low forest cover countries,

A forest may consist either of closed forest formations where trees of various storeys and undergrowth cover a high proportion of the ground or open forest.

The baseline assessment of tropical forest cover using AVHRR had been completed.

Tropical Forest Change Monitoring with FFPRI STA, Japan

Agreed ad ref Reverse the loss of forest cover worldwide through sustainable forest management, including protection, restoration, afforestation and reforestation, and increase efforts to prevent forest degradation

Data obtained using those satellites also formed a basis for studying and monitoring the vegetation cover and forest depletion in order to understand their effects on global change processes.

In Sri Lanka, one of the main areas of concern is forest cover.

So today we sit on a planet with only 50 of its forest cover remaining. And here s the part that should bring tears to your eyes we continue to lose more forest cover every year.

China China has increased forest cover by more than 10 in the past 50 years.

A recently updated forest cover map of Sri Lanka shows that the territory covered by forest has decreased dramatically in recent decades, indicating the need to initiate forest preservation and afforestation strategies.

Gross and net change in forest area, 1990 2000 (million ha year)

Rehabilitation and conservation strategies for countries with low forest cover Rehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands and promotion of natural and planed forests Maintaining forest cover to meet present and future needs Social and cultural, and economic, aspects of forests.

The change was made to cover both appropriations and allocations.

National data on land use and forest cover were often outdated or not in a suitable format.

Recognizing the special needs and requirements of countries with fragile ecosystems, including those of low forest cover countries,

Furthermore, the recommendations on sustainable forest management support the preliminary work on the Joint Approach to Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCCs) that is linked to decision 12 COP.6.

Web based tools for forest landscape restoration, including the web site of the of the Global Partnership within UNEP WCMC's Forest Restoration Information Service, as well as the Global Forest Information Service, and the Global Land Cover Facility, an institution that develops and distributes remotely sensed satellite data and products concerned with land cover at all scales.

FAO is currently preparing for a global forest resource assessment for the year 2000, FRA 2000, that will make extensive use of remote sensing and GIS, ranging from coarse resolution global coverage for forest cover mapping to high and very high resolution multi date satellite imagery for surveying global and regional forest and land cover changes.

The Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network is restoring vital ecosystems like forest mangroves.

There has been an increase in forest cover and in the size of areas dedicated to the protection of biodiversity.

Recognizing the impact of climate change on forests and sustainable forest management, as well as the contribution of forests to addressing climate change,

For many Parties, climate change would reduce land cover, displace change ecosystems and species composition, and lead to loss of biodiversity.

Panellists discussed current trends gaps and challenges for sustainable forest management in the regions such as loss of forest cover, land degradation owing to high population density in forests, illegal logging and other corrupt activities inappropriate use of forest subsidies violent conflict in forested areas unsustainable management plans and inadequate forest certification efforts.

A change of heart overtook him in the forest, and there it is, safe and sound!

As a result of our conservation efforts, Bhutan has successfully maintained 72.5 per cent of its land area under forest cover.

Departments with the largest proportion of forest cover (70 per cent) are Petén (52 ), Alta Verapaz (10 ) and Izabal (7 ) (see map).

Forest landscape restoration, for example, brings together PfAs relating to rehabilitation, restoration, low forest cover countries, participation, ecosystem and landscape considerations, environmental services, as well as economic, social and cultural aspects of forests, among others.

A number of participants noted that regional processes have a crucial role in establishing mechanisms for forest related issues, institutional frameworks and international arrangements on forests, such as the Tehran Process for Low Forest Cover Countries.

Carbon dioxide build up at the global level and the dwindling forest cover at the local and regional levels are of particular concern.

Data obtained from NOAA environmental satellites are operationally used to assess weather information and to monitor land cover and forest fires in Brazil.

Forest applications include forest area estimation and mapping, forest monitoring, forest fire assessment and forest management.

Assessments of the impacts of climate change have been made, in particular for the economically important forest sector.

(h) Forest fires, pests, diseases and abiotic factors affecting forests, including storm damage and the impact of climate change

Forest landscape restoration is a vehicle for delivering on internationally agreed commitments on forests, biodiversity, climate change and desertification.

The IPF concluded that restoration of arid, semi arid and dry sub humid zones should not focus narrowly on afforestation, but deal with broader aspects of forest ecosystem management, including social and economic issues, and urged Low Forest Cover Countries (LFCCs) to promote regeneration and restoration of degraded forest areas, including the involvement of indigenous peoples, local communities, forest dwellers and others.

There is no newspaper to cover her pain, and what she wants to change in this society.

UNEP, through GRID Sioux Falls, is collaborating with NASA, USGS, EPA, the United States Forest Service and the International Geosphere Biosphere (Global Change) Programme in the development of a global database on land cover characteristics using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data (with 1 kilometre resolution).

Cloud cover was studied to determine its role in the radiation balance and its effect on climatic change.

Moreover, the terms of reference of the Working Group did not cover any proposals to change the statute.

The representatives of the following intergovernmental organizations participated in the dialogue World Conservation Union and the secretariat of the Tehran Process for Low Cover Forest Countries.