Overview of the State of Forests and Forest Management in Azerbaijan

Overview of the State of Forests and Forest Management in Azerbaijan derives from the project on the state of forests in the Caucasus and Central Asia and presents the forest resources and the forest sector of Azerbaijan, including trends in, and pressures on forests. The overview describes policies and institutions of forest sector in Azerbaijan and major challenges the sector faces as well as policy responses in place or planned. This work has been done as a cooperative effort by the author, the UNECE/FAO secretariat and national experts and prepared with the use of the best available data.