Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program

Program Features

FIA Contributions to National and Global Reporting

The FIA program is the primary official source of authoritative information to national and global assessments, reports, and statistics on the status, conditions and trends of the U.S. forests and the services they provide.

Resources Planning Act (RPA) FIA data is analyzed on a five-year cycle to produce The Forest Resources of the United States, a supporting document to the RPA Assessment that contains information on the status, condition, and trends in the Nation's forest resources. Image from current Forest Resource publication National Report on Sustainable Forests FIA data is an essential foundation for the National Report on Sustainable Forests and its 54 indicators of forests sustainability, particularly those indicators covering forest extent, structure, and productivity. Without FIA data, the National Report would not be possible. Image: Sustainable Forests report cover FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment Data concerning the state of the Nation's forests reported by the United States to the Global Forest Resources Assessment and assembled by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) come almost exclusively from the FIA program. Image: Global FRA publication cover Greenhouse gas inventories to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) FIA estimates of carbon in forests are crucial for the U.S. national reporting of greenhouse gas inventories to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). UNFCCC Emblem The North American Forest Database A platform for enhanced North American forest inventory and monitoring data integration that complements the national forest assessment tools of Canada, Mexico and the USA and the UN FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). Screenshot of Database landing page State Forest Action Plans FIA contributes to the necessary inventory data and analytical tools used by many States to produce their State Forest Action Plans. NASF Emblem USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) FIA supplies data on forest extent, stocking, growth and harvest for the USDA Annual Report on Agricultural Statistics. USDA NASS Emblem

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