Scientific Resources and Data

World Agroforestry Centre - Tree Databases

 

Agroforestree Database
The Agroforestree Database provides information on the management, use and ecology of a wide range of tree species which can be used in agroforestry. 

  Botanic nomenclature
The Botanical Nomenclature Database provides information on the correct taxonomy of trees, including synonyms and common names.
  Tree Seed Suppliers
The Tree Seed Suppliers Directory lists suppliers of seed and microsymbiont for over 5939 tree species. 
  Tree Nursery Guides
  Slide Database

UNEP-WCMC

 

Tree Conservation Database
This data base holds information on 7,300 threatened tree species and can be searched according to Family, Genus, Species, Country, IUCN threat category and assessor.

  Forest Restoration Information Service (FRIS)
The Forest Restoration Information Service provides an open-access internet information service to support forest restoration projects world-wide, facilitates exchange of knowledge and experience among forest restoration projects and facilitates the prioritization, design and execution of forest restoration efforts by FRIS users.
  Forest Restoration Manuals and Guidelines

United Nations Forum on Forests
 

United Nations Forum on Forests
Established in 2000 by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC), the UNFF is an intergovernmental policy forum to promote “… the management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests and to strengthen long-term political commitment to this end…

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

 

The Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005
(FRA 2005)

Is the most comprehensive assessment to date of forest resources, their uses and value, covering 229 countries and territories between 1990 and 2005.

 

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

 

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) is an international work programme designed to meet the needs of decision makers and the public for scientific information concerning the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and options for responding to those changes.