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Review of Near East Forestry and Range Commission and other FAO forestry activities, including follow-up to the recommendations of NEFRC 21

Reports & Research
Noviembre, 2015
Argelia
Egipto
Mauritania
Chipre
Irán
Etiopía
Pakistán
Jordania
Marruecos
Yemen
Sudáfrica
Turquía
Omán
Italia
Túnez
Sudán del Sur
Sudán
Arabia Saudita
Líbano

Meeting Name: Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC)
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2015/2/Rev.1 (English only)
Session: Sess. 22

Rewetting Drained Forest in Southern Sweden

Policy Papers & Briefs
Noviembre, 2015
Suecia
Noruega
Europa

In the early 1970’s, about 80 ha of rich fen, meadows and wet forest on the margins of the large and pristine raised bog ‘Komosse’ in Southern Sweden were drained by ditches to promote spruce (Picea abies) growth and forestry production. Draining had a dramatic impact on forest production on the nutrient-rich peaty soils downhill from the ditches. In 40 years, most of the meadows and fens had turned into dense forest.

Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook: Executive Summary and CD ROM

Reports & Research
Noviembre, 2015

This document summarizes the Sourcebook . The purpose of the sourcebook is to further elaborate the concept of CSA and demonstrate its potential, as well as limitations. It aims to help decision makers at a number of levels (including political administrators and natural resource managers) to understand the different options that are available for planning, policies and investments and the practices that are suitable for making different agricultural sectors, landscapes and food systems more climate-smart.

The Role of Natural Regeneration in Large-scale Forest and Landscape Restoration: Challenge and Opportunity

Reports & Research
Noviembre, 2015
Francia
Brasil
Nigeria
Zambia
Etiopía
Níger
China

From November 19 to 21, 2014, some of the world’s most noted specialists on forest landscape restoration gathered in Rio de Janeiro to assess Natural Regeneration as a cost-effective strategy to achieve large-scale restoration throughout the world. Natural regeneration consists, in its most basic form, of letting remaining portions of the original ecosystem re-colonize a degraded area.