FN’s fødevare- og landbrugsorganisation, FAO, har siden organisationens grundlæggelse monitoreret verdens skove. Hvert femte år offentliggør FAO en konsolideret vurdering af skovsituationen i ”Global Forest Resources Assessment”. Af den seneste udgave fra 2020 fremgår det, at verdens skovareal er på 4,06 mia. ha (4.060 mio. ha) svarende til 31 pct. af jordens samlede landområde. Ca. 95 pct. af skovarealet er naturskove mens 5 pct. er plantager.
Skovarealet svarer til 0,52 ha pr. indbygger i verden.
Skovene er næsten ligeligt fordelt mellem tropiske og ikke-tropiske skove. Troperne har med 45 pct. den største andel af skovene, fulgt af den boreale zone (nordlige zone med stedsegrøn nåleskov), den tempererede zone og den subtropiske zone.
Over 54 pct. af verdens skove er i kun 5 lande: Rusland, Brasilien, Canada, USA og Kina).
Siden 1990 har nettotabet af skov verden været på i alt 178 mio. ha – svarende til arealet af Libyen. I perioden 1990-2020 er tilbagegangen imidlertid bremset betydeligt op som et resultat af nedgang i afskovningen i nogle lande og nyplantning og naturlig udvidelse af skov i andre lande. I perioden 1990-2000 skete skovtabet med en årlig hastighed på knap 2 promille – i 2010-2020 er tilbagegangen reduceret til omkring 1 promille om året.
2012 - Independent Professional
2003 - 2012 Minister Counsellor FAO at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Rome
2000 - 2003 Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1995 - 2000 Director General, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Denmark
1991 - 1995 Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy Denmark
1990 - 1991 Chef du Cabinet, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1983 - 1990 Personal Assistant to the Prime Minister, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1979 - 1983 Head of section, Prime Ministers Office Denmark
1978 - 1979 Military Service, Representative of drafted army personel
1976 - 1978 National Bureau of Statstics Denmark
- Chair EU Working Party on FAO Coordination
- Chair of various Intra Ministerial Committees on Energy taxation
- Member of FAO Finance Committee
- Danish Representative to various missions to Eastern European countries, Burundi, Mozambique, Thailand and Cambodia.
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines to support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security
- Head of Danish Negotiation Team for the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
- Responsible for Danish EU Presidency 1993, 2002 and 2012 regarding FAO matters.
- Head of Danish delegations to meetings in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Budget Committee of the International treaty on Plant genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
- Co-Chair of Danish-India Commission on Bilateral Energy Cooperation
Head of Danish delegations to meeting in International Energy Cooperation (IEA, CEM, MEF ect)
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Soren Skafte, Former Permanent Secretary 