Compiling information and statistics on such areas as: the distribution of forest and other wooded land and land-use classification; types of forest and other wooded land; species groups; stocked and unstocked forest land; exploitable and unexploitable forest and other wooded land; ownership and management status; number and size distribution of holdings; changes in areas of forest and other wooded land; standing volume and growing stock; volume and mass of woody biomass; annual increment; fellings and removals; other trends and changes; importance of forestry functions; environmental and other non-wood forest goods and services; policy and planning activities relating to forest functions; areas of public concern and conflicts between forest functions.
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe collates and publishes information on the production, trade flows, exports, imports and prices of forest products. It also provides market analyses and future trends.