1. Third Expert Meeting on Harmonizing Forest-related Definitions for Use by Various Stakeholders Rome January 2005

2. Organisers
FAO
CIFOR
IPCC
ITTO
IUFRO
UNEP

3. Terms for discussion Natural forests Planted forests
Forest plantations
Trees outside forests
Managed forests
Unmanaged forests

4. Natural forests
Forest stands composed predominantly of native tree species established naturally. This can include assisted natural regeneration, excluding stands that are visibly offspring/descendants of planted trees.
Notes:
Predominantly, ANR, excl. natural regeneration of planted native and non-native trees

5. Planted forest
Forest stand in which trees have predominantly been established by planting, deliberate seeding or coppicing, where the coppicing is of previous planted trees
Notes:
Predominantly, native and non-native trees, coppicing of planted trees

6. Forest plantation
Forest stand in which trees have been established by planting and/or deliberate seeding or coppicing (of previously planted trees) with either native species or non-native species that meet all the following criteria:
On or two or a few species
Even-aged
Regular spacing

7. Trees outside forests FAO:
Trees on land not defined as forest or other wooded land.
Notes:
Isolated and grouped trees
Rural or urban areas

8. Managed forest
A forest subject to forest management

9. Forest management
The formal or informal process of planning and implementing practices aimed at fulfilling relevant environmental, economic, social and/or cultural functions of the forest and meeting defined objectives
Notes:
Formal or informal process
Time frame, intensity, impacts, management level, quality