Legacy Forest Information

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Legacy Forest Information

IUFRO Task Force #57

IUFRO Working Group 57 is a global initiative focused on rescuing, digitizing, and managing 20th-century and earlier forest data at risk of loss. This global initiative promotes ecological restoration, species adaptability, and land management, while also ensuring the ethical repatriation of data to their countries of origin.

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Legacy Forest Data and Related Resources

The Legacy Forest Information initiative supports the preservation, curation, and accessibility of historical forestry data, archives, and environmental resources worldwide.

MISSION

.Rescue legacy forestry records

.Support metadata development

.Facilitate AI-enabled data access

.Build international collaboration

    Featured Resources

    Digispecies

    Legacy biodiversity and forestry resource collections.

    Oxford Forestry Institute

    Historical forestry archives and research materials.

    USAID Databases

    Environmental and forestry legacy datasets.