EIRP Proceedings, Vol 7 (2012)

Abstract

The green space, the forests, is a precious space of our planet. The “lung” that we really need, stretches across mountains, hills, plains and water banks. It covers almost one third of land’s surface. Globally, the widest green spaces can be found in Russia and South America. From this proportion, more than two thirds of the total extent of forests is occupied by deciduous trees and about half is represented by tropical forests. Earth is hedging at the beginning of the third millennium, moment in which globalization and its effects, the food crisis but, also, the reducing of green space become fingerprints harder to hide. The current article aims at emphasizing the present global, regional and national situation regarding forestry.