ICAR AIEEA-PG Introduction to Forestry & the World's Forests: practice questions

1 · Extent, distribution and change of the world's forests (FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment) · medium

More than half of the world's forest area is found in five countries. Which group is correct?

1. Brazil, Indonesia, DR Congo, Peru, Australia
2. Russian Federation, Brazil, Canada, United States, China
3. Russian Federation, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Canada
4. Canada, Sweden, Finland, Brazil, United States

2 · Extent, distribution and change of the world's forests (FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment) · medium

According to FRA 2020, which region had the highest annual rate of net forest loss in 2010–2020?

1. Africa
2. South America
3. Asia
4. Europe

3 · Extent, distribution and change of the world's forests (FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment) · hard

Why should forest area figures from FRA 2010 and FRA 2020 not be mixed in one time series?

1. FRA 2010 used a 30% canopy threshold, which FRA 2020 later abandoned
2. FRA 2020 counts only forests inside legally established protected areas
3. Each edition recalculates the whole series back to 1990 using new data
4. FRA 2010 excluded all planted forests from its estimates of forest area

4 · Forests in national economies and rural and tribal livelihoods · medium

Which group typically carries most of the burden of fuelwood collection in rural households of developing regions?

1. Adult men only
2. Women and girls
3. Company employees
4. Forest officers

5 · Forests in national economies and rural and tribal livelihoods · medium

Stumpage fees, concession rents and royalties are examples of:

1. Subsidies paid by governments to forest industries
2. Payments by communities to private landowners
3. Taxes paid by consumers on imported furniture
4. Government revenue from public forests

6 · Multiple-use, sustained yield and sustainable forest management · medium

The Forest Principles, the first global consensus statement on forests, were adopted at:

1. The 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio
2. The 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm
3. The 2015 Paris climate conference under the UNFCCC
4. The first World Forestry Congress held in Rome in 1926

7 · Branches of forestry and the forester's professional roles worldwide · medium

Planning the forest as a whole over time, setting objectives, regulating yield and preparing working plans is the domain of:

1. Forest management
2. Forest botany
3. Wood technology
4. Forest genetics

8 · Branches of forestry and the forester's professional roles worldwide · medium

Seasoning and preservation of timber belong to which branch of forestry?

1. Forest ecology
2. Forest policy and law
3. Watershed management
4. Wood science and technology

9 · Deforestation and forest degradation: drivers and global trends · easy

According to FAO's remote-sensing survey for FRA 2020, about what share of global deforestation was due to agricultural expansion?

1. About 25%
2. Almost 90%
3. About 50%
4. Under 10%

10 · International forest institutions: FAO, UNFF, IUFRO, ITTO · medium

Where is the headquarters of the International Tropical Timber Organization?

1. Yokohama
2. Rome
3. Vienna
4. Nairobi