The State of the World's Forest Genetic Resources COUNTRY REPORT COOK ISLANDS 2015 or older

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Forest Area and Forest Genetic Resources

is country report is prepared as a contribution to the FAO publication, The Report on the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources. The content and the structure are in accordance with the recommendations and guidelines given by FAO in the document Guidelines for Preparation of Country Reports for the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources (2010). These guidelines set out recommendations for the objective, scope and structure of the country reports.

Countries were requested to consider the current state of knowledge of forest
genetic diversity, including:
 Between and within species diversity
 List of priority species; their roles and values and importance
 List of threatened/endangered species
 Threats, opportunities and challenges for the conservation, use and
development of forest genetic resources
These reports were submitted to FAO as official government documents. The report is presented on www. fao.org/documents as supportive and contextual information to be used in conjunction with other documentation on world forest genetic resources. The content and the views expressed in this report are the responsibility of the entity submitting the report to FAO. FAO may not be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained in this report.