Forests
are an invaluable natural resource; they help to control the climate, provide us with
timber and other products, and are home to well over half of all terrestrial species.
WCMC’s forest
programme offers information at national levels to improve management of forests
worldwide. It measures forest quality, biodiversity in tropical forests and addresses
problems that countries with limited forest resources face.
The first
to produce global maps
of tropical moist forest, and existing forests, WCMC continues to be
a world-leader in the provision of forest data, digitally and in other
indicative forms. WCMC is currently assessing the extent and status
of tropical montane
cloud forests.
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