Become a member
Membership of IUFRO is open to any institution concerned with the promotion, support or conduct of research related to forests, trees and forest products.
Editors
World Series Vol. 20-IV – Keep Asia Green Vol. IV "West and Central Asia"
The IUFRO World Series Volume 20 comes in four editions. The fourth volume focuses on West and Central Asia. The other three volumes can be found in the IUFRO library.
"West and Central Asia extend from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the mountains of the Tian Shan and Altai in the east, and the Gulf of Oman in the south to the Caucasus Mountain and Steppe of Russia in the north. This vast land forms a bridge between Europe and Asia and constitutes not only a wide range of climates, landscapes, and vegetation, but is also home of an extraordinary array of historical heritage, cultures, peoples, land-uses and economic activities. In the present publication of Keep Asia Green Volume IV forest rehabilitation in Iran and Turkey as well as in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan is described. Iran and Turkey possess the most extensive forest areas in West Asia, while Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan are typical examples of low-forest cover countries in Central Asia." [...]