<i>Towards effective national forest funds</i> addresses the need for more information on the way NFFs work and how best to establish and manage them. It shares the lessons that have emerged from the establishment and management of NFFs with the aim of supporting countries in designing and operating NFFs effectively according to their specific needs and circumstances.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015United States of America, Rwanda, Gambia, Chile, Peru, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Jamaica, Italy, Costa Rica, Finland, Colombia, Kenya, Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Argentina, Bhutan, Brazil, Asia, Africa, Americas
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2015Serbia, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Zambia, Uganda, Guatemala, Denmark, Tanzania, Ecuador, Ghana, Congo, Malawi, Paraguay, Indonesia
Esta es una guía para medir o evaluar la gobernanza forestal. La gobernanza forestal comprende todos los sistemas sociales y económicos que afectan la forma en que las personas interactúan con los bosques, incluyendo las burocracias, leyes, politicas, normas y culturas tradicionales, patrones de tenencia de la tierra y mercados.
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsDecember, 2015Canada, Iraq, Italy, Austria, Iran, Pakistan, Gabon, Cuba
The Land and Water Days are jointly convened by FAO, IFAD and WFP as part of efforts aimed at reaching effective and lasting impacts for land and water actions on the ground.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Burkina Faso, Switzerland, United States of America, Fiji, Mali, France, Vanuatu, Canada, Ethiopia, Niger, Colombia, Kenya, Philippines, Australia, Italy, Cameroon, Ecuador, India, Senegal, Papua New Guinea
Genetic resources for food and agriculture play a crucial role in food security, nutrition and livelihoods and in the provision of environmental services. They are key components of sustainability, resilience and adaptability in production systems. They underpin the ability of crops, livestock, aquatic organisms and forest trees to withstand a range of harsh conditions. Climate change poses new challenges to the management of the world’s genetic resources for food and agriculture, but it also underlines their importance.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Kenya, Philippines, Uganda, Mali, Ukraine, Belarus, Australia, Ghana, Congo, South Sudan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Ce double numéro d’Unasylva se propose de sonder les relations complexes existant entre les forêts, les arbres et les catastrophes, et d’examiner comment il est possible de gérer au mieux les forêts et les arbres à la fois pour résister aux chocs et pour protéger contre les chocs. Les forêts et les arbres peuvent servir de tampons naturels contre les catastrophes et les chocs. Ils ont un rôle déterminant à jouer dans la protection contre les catastrophes et la réduction de leur impact.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015United States of America, Peru, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, China, Malta, Russia, Italy, Finland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Japan, Uganda, Myanmar, Argentina, India, United Kingdom, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, Canada
This paper introduces a Special Issue of Forest Ecology and Management that includes a collection of analytical results from the 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA 2015) covering 25 years of forest change (1990–2015). FRA 2015 builds on a series of global assessments that began in 1948 and covers change in forest area and type, volume, biomass and carbon stocking, measures of sustainable forest management, biodiversity and conservation, soil and water protective functions, wood production and a number of socio-economic variables.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2015Nepal, Austria, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Guatemala, Europe
Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/6 - ECE/TIM/2015/6
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchFebruary, 2015Angola, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Mali, Sweden, China, Canada, Senegal, Chad, Cameroon, Ghana, Africa
This publication presents the scientific background of the SHARP tool. The Self‑evaluation and Holistic Assessment of climate Resilience of farmers and Pastoralists (SHARP) tool was developed over two years with the participation of over 150 academics, practitioners and civil society. SHARP was also field tested in Angola, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Uganda with farmers and pastoralists. It has been recognized that there is a need to both provide a rigorous assessment of the resilience of farmers and pastoralists, while also incorporating the views and needs of those people.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Nigeria, Ukraine, China, Belarus, Indonesia, Australia, Austria, Congo, Guinea, Pakistan, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, Sri Lanka
Este número doble de Unasylva busca desentrañar las complejas relaciones que median entre bosques, árboles y desastres, y examinar las mejores formas en que los bosques y árboles pueden gestionarse tanto para resistir a las conmociones como para proteger contra ellas. Los bosques y árboles pueden sin embargo actuar como sistemas naturales de amortiguación frente a las catástrofes y perturbaciones. Desempeñan una función poderosa en la protección contra los desastres y la reducción de sus efectos.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritius, Kenya, Gambia, France, Australia, United Kingdom, Congo, Malawi, Eritrea, Rwanda, South Africa, Lesotho, Italy, Tanzania, Senegal, Africa
This edition of Nature & Faune journal will be a special Issue to mark the International Year of Soils. It is planned to be issued during the Conference of the African Soil Society taking place in Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso from 2nd to 10th December 2015. The special edition of the journal will feature short articles that address the central theme: "Sustainable soil management: an indispensable need for environmentally sound food security in Africa".
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