Global Forest Information Service
||It has been suggested that Global Forest Information System be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since February 2013.|
|This article does not cite any references or sources. (May 2013)
Global Forest Information Service
||It has been suggested that Global Forest Information System be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since February 2013.|
|This article does not cite any references or sources. (May 2013)|
The Global Forest Information Service (GFIS) is an initiative of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) - an interagency partnership of 14 major forest-related international organizations, institutions and convention secretariats.
In the global policy context, the vision and mission of GFIS are consistent with the resolutions of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the priorities of the CPF. GFIS is led by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO); together with FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); the UNFF Secretariat; and the Biological Informatics Office of the United States Geological Survey (USGS/BIO).
In 1998, the International Consultation on Research and Information Systems in Forestry which was held in Gmunden, Austria, recommended that the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF) should endorse and promote the development of a Global Forest Information Service to enhance access to all forest-related information, ensuring that it is accessible to all stakeholders including policy-makers, forest managers, non-governmental organizations, community groups and the public at large.
Consequently, the IFF requested Inter-agency Task Force on Forests member organizations to work with International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in exploring possibilities for a glob