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Voluntary guidelines on National Forest Monitoring

Reports & Research
May, 2014
United States of America, Chile, Sweden, Mexico, Thailand, Italy
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/6.3
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Propiedades Anatómicas, Físicas y Mecánicas de 93 Especies Forestales

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2014
Honduras, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, United Kingdom, Costa Rica, Colombia, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y Agricultura (FAO), conjuntamente con el Ministerio del Ambiente del Ecuador (MAE) han direccionado su trabajo al desarrollo de estrategias en diferentes ámbitos para apoyar a la reducción de los efectos del cambio climático.
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Assessing Forest Governance

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Burkina Faso, United States of America, Zambia, Guatemala, Peru, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Ghana, Malawi, Finland, Kenya, Liberia, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, Ecuador, Paraguay, Norway
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
land governance
land tenure
forest land
forest conservation
Forest governance assessment is an expanding practice. People are using Assessments to watch for developing problems, diagnose needs for reform, Monitor progress of programs, and evaluate impacts. Governments, civil society Organizations, development partners, academics and coalitions of stakeholders Have all performed assessments in recent years. In 2012, an expert meeting at fao headquarters in rome recommended the creation of a guide to good practices in forest governance assessment and data collection.
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Evaluación Nacional Forestal. Protocolo para el Procesamiento del Mapa Densidades de Carbono para Estratos Boscosos del Ecuador Continental con Imágenes Modis y Landsat 2014

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2014
Ecuador, Finland, Congo, Americas
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
Ecuador se encuentra en un proceso de preparación para acceder a los mercados internacionales de carbono a través de los mecanismos de Reducción de Emisiones causadas por Deforestación y Degradación de los bosques (REDD+). Este es un mecanismo clave para mitigar el cambio climático y se centra en cinco actividades forestales que actúan como medidas de mitigación medibles, reportables y verificables.
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Report of the Twenty-second session of the Committee on Forestry

Reports & Research
August, 2014
Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Zambia, Peru, Indonesia, Austria, Guyana, Republic of Korea, Uruguay, New Zealand, Kenya, Italy, Belgium, Japan, Gabon, Brazil, Argentina, Russia, Chad, Togo, Norway, Greece
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
forest land
land degradation
Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/REP
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Impacts of Leasehold Forestry on Livelihoods and Forest Management

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Nepal, Philippines, China, Canada, India, Finland, Cameroon, Netherlands, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest conservation
forest land
The objective of the present study was to deepen understanding of outcomes and impacts contributed by the leasehold forestry (LHF) programme, particularly in terms of improving livelihoods, reducing poverty and rehabilitating degraded forests in the hills of Nepal, through improved forest management.
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Strengthening Evidence-Based Forest Policy-Making. Linking Forest Monitoring with National Forest Programmes

Reports & Research
December, 2014
United States of America, Kenya, Zambia, Gambia, Chile, Peru, Canada, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Finland, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Madagascar, Italy, Tanzania, Ecuador, Netherlands, Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
land governance
This paper proposes an approach to assist countries in ensuring that NFM planning more strongly meets the needs and demands of forest-related national policy processes. The approach is based on an understanding that there is a multiplicity of issues and legitimate interests related to forests that require multipurpose information systems.
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Moving Forward

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2014
Algeria, Fiji, Finland, Honduras, Gambia, Chile, Guatemala, China, Indonesia, Australia, Congo, Niger, Nepal, Liberia, South Africa, Nicaragua, Turkey, Italy, Bhutan
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
Within the framework of modern governance, accountability means acknowledging responsibility for delivery. The UN system, as a global public service, needs to set an example by providing information to its member countries, governing bodies, partners and other stakeholders on its major achievements and resources in an easy-to-read format. Yet many of the activities carried out by the UN system in general, and FAO in particular, are not well known.