Question

Identify the correct statement regarding UNESCO's definition of grassland.

1. UNESCO defines grassland as land covered with herbaceous plants.
2. According to UNESCO, grassland must have more than 10 percent trees and shrub cover.
3. UNESCO's definition of grassland is identical to FAO's definition of forest.

• A. 2, 3
• B. None of these
• C. 1 only
• D. 2 only

Answer 1

Answer:

C. 1 only

• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines a forest as land occupying more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ (It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use).

• According to FAO and UNEP forests covered 4.06 billion hectares or approximately 31 percent of the global land area in 2020 (though they are not equally distributed around the globe)

• The UNESCO defines grassland as land covered with herbaceous plants with less than 10 percent trees and shrub cover.