Forestry Compendium
Reporting entity
Managing entity
Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI)
Managing entity type
NGO
Topic
forestry
tropical forests
subtropical forests
forest restoration
Registration required
Registration not required
Website's languages
English
Search capability
Dedicated multi-document search engine
Description
About the Forestry Compendium
The Forestry Compendium is a unique global compilation of knowledge on forestry. It has a comprehensive, worldwide coverage on tropical, subtropical, temperate and boreal tree species of major economic importance, and lesser-known species of local importance. It also covers in detail many of the pests that damage these trees. It is a reference tool, which provides a basis for informed selection of woody species for a variety of uses, including for trials in plantation, agroforestry and natural forest systems.
Vital stats
- Over 1300 detailed datasheets on trees, prepared by experts and independently verified
- More than 800 detailed datasheets on forest pests, diseases and weed species
- Basic data on over 20,000 species of forestry interest from CABI's TREENAMES taxonomic database
- Over 5500 pictures to allow for easy identification and teaching
- More than 326,000 bibliographic records from our CAB Abstracts database updated weekly
- Full text of over 22,303 important journal and conference articles
- Interactive, multilingual glossary, including nearly 2000 forestry terms defined in English, French, Spanish, German and Portuguese
- A library of documents on various aspects of Forestry including the full text of over 100 selected documents, including texts from FAO, CABI and CIFOR
Unique features
- Extensive global coverage of trees and forest pests in a single resource with fast and easy navigation between text, images, maps and databases
- Report generator to enable key information to be rapidly edited and disseminated
- Maps of species distribution