Participating programs

Identify and contact key forest organizations for involvement:

• UN Org, FAO Forestry Program, Forest Resource Assessment, UNFCCC, CBD
• Regional processes, MCPFE, Montreal process
• National Forest Inventories, ENFIN, NAFC, COST E43
• Regional (EC/ESA GMES, i.e. GSE forest monitoring)
• National agencies, CFS, USFS
• NGOs

Membership determined by range of uses for forest observations and information

• Global Change Science
• Timber, Fuel and Fiber (incl. agro forestry)
• Watershed Protection
• Biodiversity and Conservation
• FCCC and other Environmental Agreements
• Recreation and Tourism
• Sustainable Forest Management
• Forest Perturbations and Protection (fire, insects, disease)