GlobAllomeTree is the first international web platform for tree allometric equations. Created in 2013, the platform responds to increasing requests for forest-resource assessments. It builds on the convening role and technical expertise of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Agricultural Research for Development (Centre de coopération...

The Global Database on Protected Area Management Effectiveness (GD-PAME) is the most comprehensive global database of management effectiveness assessments for protected areas (PAME). It indicates if a protected area documented in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) has been assessed. The GD-PAME is a searchable database that includes assessments...

Global Forest Watch is a web platform that offers a wide range of content and capabilities to serve a variety of users and purposes. Its global map offers a number of data sets (collected and integrated from other web/satellite services) that can be of great interest such as: extension of...

This website, presents a collection of materials on training courses (both at national and Regional level) given by GISP from 2001 to 2008. Training courses available so far: Economic Analysis of Invasive Species (Regional); Drafting Legal and Institutional Frameworks for Invasive Species (Regional); Best Practice for the Management of Introduced...

This site is the focal point for a series of global meetings about landscape management in the context of development and climate change. It contains reports of the various meetings as well as publications concerning ways of overcoming degradation and the development and funding of multi-functional landscapes.

This Mangrove Knowledge Hub has general education content on mangroves as well as the details of projects making an impact around the world. It was set out to create a clearinghouse for information that is accessible to anyone via an easy-to-navigate website. Information is critical if we’re to collectively increase...

The Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) is a joint initiative of the GEO and the Copernicus Work Programs. In the new GEO GWIS work program for the years 2020-2022 , the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) aims at bringing together existing information sources at regional and national level in order...

This study assesses the global gaps in forest conservation with reference to the target of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which calls for the effective conservation of “at least 10% of each of the world’s forest types” by 2010 (decision VIII/15). The results are expected to guide forest conservation...

Ben Cashore is Professor of Environmental Governance and Political Science at Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. His research interests focus on non-state market-driven environmental governance, the impact and opportunities of globalization and internationalization on domestic and local environmental policy, corporate sustainability initiatives, and comparative environmental policy. He is...

Drylands, which cover 41  percent of the earth’s land surface and are home to 2 billion people, are widely affected by desertification, biodiversity loss, poverty and food insecurity. Trees and forests are essential for tackling the challenges that confront drylands, and they are also a source and factor of resilience in the face...