2026-06-27http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/243631The main objectives of the present assessment were: (i) to provide reliable and globally consistent information on the state of the tropical forests by 1990 and the rates of change during 1981 to 1990 and (ii) to undertake studies on the process of deforestation and forest degradation and their environmental implications.113text/htmlFAOBook (stand-alone)