Trees, Forests and Land Use in Drylands: The First Global Assessment: Full Report

by Food and Agriculture Organization

This publication presents the results of the first global assessment of trees, forests and land use in drylands, arid areas that cover 41 percent of the Earth's land surface. Using the Open Foris Collect Earth tool, developed by FAO in collaboration with Google, the assessment breaks new methodological ground: it relies on the analysis of freely available satellite images by more than 200 experts for some 200000 plots worldwide. For each region, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9251319995
• ISBN13: 9789251319994
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FA
• Length: 205 Pages