Table 1 Criteria that Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nation Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) use to categorize forest type. These categories were used in our review of climate attributes and their affects on forest fire between 2002 and 2019 in the Dehradun district, in the state of Uttarakhand, India
From: Forest fires and climate attributes interact in central Himalayas: an overview and assessment
Agency | Forest type | Canopy cover (%) | Shared attributes (minimum values or ranges) |
|---|---|---|---|
FAO | Dense | > 70 | Tree height: ≥5 m Forested area: ≥0.5 ha Crown cover: ≥10% |
Moderately dense | 40 to 70 | ||
Open | 10 to 40 | ||
UNFCCC | Dense | > 70 | Tree height: 2 to 5 m Forested area: 0.01 to 1.0 ha Crown cover: 10 to 30% |
Moderately dense | 40 to 70 | ||
Open | 10 to 40 |