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Adaptation to climate change in agriculture, forestry and fisheries: perspective, framework and priorities

January, 2007
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
food security
climate change
land use
forestry
fisheries
agriculture
capacity development
Climate change poses severe threats on agriculture. Even though some countries may experience beneficial change to agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), the majority, particularly developing countries, will experience significant negative impacts. This paper by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) promotes an integrative, holistic framework for climate change adaptation. It presents the potential impacts of climate change and the different approaches to adaptation, as well as knowledge gained through FAO's experience in the field.
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WORKING PAPER 01/2007: CORRUPTION AND RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES

Conference Papers & Reports
January, 2007
Global
Land & Corruption
agriculture
climate change
corruption
forestry
land
land governance
land rights
water management
water rights
There is important evidence to suggest that corruption is a key factor contributing to the degradation of renewable natural resources. Forestry officials and law enforcement officers who are in the pockets of corrupt logging firms often turn a blind eye to activities that threaten the sustainable management of a forest’s biodiversity. Similarly, fishery inspectors endanger stocks when they accept bribes to ignore official quotas for trawlers.
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Asia-Pacific forestry: outlook and realities five years since APFSOS

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Timor-Leste, Fiji, Micronesia, China, Indonesia, Australia, Republic of Korea, Thailand, New Zealand, Nepal, Italy, Philippines, Marshall Islands, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Cambodia, Kiribati, India, Bhutan, Mongolia, Asia
Forest Tenure
forestry
sustainable development
natural resources management
urban forestry
environment
community forestry
poverty
land governance
The initial Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS) drew together the myriad forestry dimensions to provide a coherent description and analysis of the situation and prospects for forestry in the region. The study resulted in 50 working papers on a variety of forestry themes. The formal aspects of the study culminated in a comprehensive main report, published in November 1998. APFSOS provided an important roadmap for forestry sector development in the Asia-Pacific region to 2010, which is still being used to guide policy makers in the region today.
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Urban and peri-urban forestry and greening in west and Central Asia

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Cyprus, Yemen, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Oman, Uzbekistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Bahrain, Georgia, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Central Asia, Western Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
land governance
sustainable land management
land use
land tenure
poverty
forest land
urban forestry
FAO has initiated a series of global and regional sector outlook studies to examine linkages between forests and societies and to indicate emerging opportunities and challenges. The Forestry Outlook Study for West and Central Asia (FOWECA) has considered these issues through an extended consultative process in 23 different national contexts in West and Central Asia.
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Andean Countries: A Strategy for Forestry, Volume I of V . Executive Summary

Reports & Research
December, 2006
United States of America, Chile, Peru, Italy, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
sustainable land management
forest land
To address the needs of individual regions, such as LAC, more detailed regional and sub regional strategies are needed to ensure that forestry contributes fully to the challenges of poverty, inequity, environmental degradation and sustainable development. This report presents such a strategy for four Andean Countries of South America, that is, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Venezuela could not be included because of time constraints, and the difficulties of obtaining a suitable consultant to carry out the field work.
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Global planted forests thematic study: Results and analysis

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Algeria, France, United States of America, Chile, Ukraine, China, Indonesia, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Iran, Italy, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, Myanmar, Argentina, India, Turkey, Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
forestry
natural resources management
environment
land improvement
Globally, according to FRA 2000, planted forests account ed for only 5% of forest area, but up to 35% of industrial roundwood supply. This is anticipated to rise to 40-44% by 2020. Planted forests reflect a higher social, environmental and economic importance than their area would suggest. Many countries have existing planted forest data that is not based upon forest inventory, is incomplete and often outdated. Thus it is difficult to measure and plan the quantity and quality of planted forest resources and the provision of goods and services that they supply.
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Improving the legal framework for participatory forestry

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Switzerland, Nepal, Zambia, Guatemala, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Australia, Austria, Ethiopia, New Zealand, Mozambique, Laos, Philippines, South Africa, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, India, Mongolia, Mexico, Canada, Asia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
land governance
land tenure
community forestry
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
This paper represents part of an area of work in support of enhancing access to land and forest resources in support of rural livelihoods in Mongolia. It is based on learning emerging from an ongoing FAOsupported project called: Support to the development of participatory forest management (TCP/MON/2903). This project has involved the development (through extensive community-level consultations in forest areas) of a detailed Concept Document for the design and implementation of participatory forestry.
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Depleting natural wealth – perpetuating poverty

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Nepal, Laos, Mozambique, Zambia, Kyrgyzstan, Guatemala, China, Cambodia, India, Ethiopia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
forestry
community forestry
land access
Indigenous Peoples
forest land
land degradation
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure
This paper represents part of an area of work in support of enhancing access to land and forest resources in support of rural livelihoods in Mongolia. . This synthesis report draws on field studies undertaken recently in five rural areas of Mongolia, covering all ecological zones from montane and northern taiga forest to arid forest in the Gobi. Our findings document and explain, with case studies and documentation from participatory analysis, the downward cycle of resource depletion and descend into poverty that is in action.
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Greening cities for improving urban livelihoods

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2006
Qatar, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Jordan, Cyprus, Yemen, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Oman, Uzbekistan, Syrian Arab Republic, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Bahrain, Georgia, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable development
sustainable land management
urban forestry
land tenure
forest land
land governance
A thematic study on “Urban and peri-urban forestry” focuses on the potentials and constraints for urban forestry development at regional and sub-regional levels considering the current experience and future prospects of urbanization in the region that is expected to take place in the next 15 years. As a complement to this thematic Urban and peri-urban forestry study, a livelihoods analysis of the contribution of forests and trees to urban poor livelihoods has been carried out the Sub-programme on access to natural resources of the Livelihood Support Programme (GCP/INT/803/UK).
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Rural livelihoods and access to forest resources in Mongolia

Reports & Research
December, 2006
Nepal, Laos, Mozambique, Zambia, Kyrgyzstan, Guatemala, China, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Japan, India, Ethiopia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Asia
Forest Tenure
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
customary tenure
natural resources management
land governance
land tenure
forestry
community forestry
Indigenous Peoples
land tenure systems
indigenous people's tenure