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Forest Regulations, 2001.

Regulations
Jamaica, Americas, Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
private forests
protected areas
public ownership
forestry
land management
forest management plans
forest land
leases
forest conservation
sustainable land use
Regulations to implement provisions of the Forests Act and to provide for various other matters.The 74 regulations are placed under the following headings: Preliminary (regs. 1-4); Forest roads (regs. 5-12); Forest fires (regs. 13-17); Trespass (regs. 18-29); Enforcement (regs. 30-39); Community catchment areas (regs. 40-45); Private forestry (regs. 46-52); Leases of forest estates (regs. 53-58); Forest recreation (regs. 59-61); General (regs. 62-74).Regulation 4 defines the contents of a forest management plan in the sense of section 8 of the Act.
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Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation) Regulations, 1967.

Regulations
Jamaica, Americas, Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
protected areas
land-use planning
forestry
land management
forest management plans
forest land
forest conservation
These Regulations concern tree preservation orders which may be issued by local authorities under section 25 of the Town and Country Planning Act. The Regulations specify some procedural requirements and require the Minister to take into account objections and representations before confirming an order.

Implements: Town and Country Planning Act. (2001)
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Forestry, food security and livelihoods

Reports & Research
December, 2014
Dominica, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Suriname, Saint Lucia, Guyana, Barbados, Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
sustainable land management
forest land
Without human intervention the countries of the Caribbean would be covered in dense tropical forests. The higher the annual rainfall, the higher the trees grow. However, the reality is that especially on the islands of the Caribbean most of the original forest cover has been removed for agriculture and housing purposes. Land use is not static, and so for example, the expansion of the banana industry increased the rate of deforestation on several islands.
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The forest resources assessment 2000 (FRA 2000) - Secretariat Note

Reports & Research
December, 2001
Honduras, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, Jamaica, Bolivia, Cuba, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Mexico, Nicaragua, Belize, Uruguay, Ecuador, Argentina, Bahamas, Paraguay, Barbados, Brazil
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
Meeting symbol/code: LACFC 2000 4
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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 - Regional review of national reports for English speaking Caribbean countries

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2004
Dominica, United States of America, Spain, Belize, Guatemala, Italy, Grenada, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Guyana, Finland, Barbados
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
The Global Forest Resources Assessment Update 2005 was specially mandated by the Committee on Forestry (COFO) during its meeting in 2003, where member countries endorsed recommendations from an Expert Consultation held in the Kotka, Finland in 2002 (Kotka IV). For this purpose all countries have been requested to provide national reports to FAO during 2004. As in previous global assessments, FRA 2005 relies on contributions by countries and a network of National Correspondents to FRA has been established.
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FAO's Work on Climate Change

Reports & Research
November, 2015
Kenya, Bangladesh, Japan, Zambia, Vietnam, Tanzania, Ecuador, Jamaica, Ethiopia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
sustainable development
This booklet presents the key messages of FAO on climate change and food security. It includes a synthesis of the most recent support provided by FAO to countries to face the impacts of climate change. It also brings together the most relevant knowledge on climate change including tools and methodologies FAO can offer to countries to report on their greenhouse gas emissions coming from the agriculture, livestock and forestry sectors.
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State of the World's Forests 2016 (SOFO). In Brief

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Equatorial Guinea, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mauritius, Gambia, Chile, Guatemala, Belarus, Australia, Jamaica, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Colombia, Nepal, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Ecuador, Tunisia, Russia, Georgia, Africa, Americas, Asia
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forest land
land use
sustainable land management
This booklet is a “portable” version of chapters 1–3 of SOFO 2016: <i>State of the World’s Forests 2016</i> report.
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Forest Genetic Resources No. 25

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1997
Honduras, Belize, Chile, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Jamaica, Canada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, South Africa, Turkey, Italy, Ecuador, Argentina, Bahamas, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
forestry
natural resources management
land improvement
The present issue of Forest Genetic Resources (FGR) goes to press immediately following the Eleventh World Forestry Congress held in Turkey 13-22 October 1997, which more than 4000 colleagues from 145 countries attended. In regard to the conservation and use of forest genetic resources, the Congress, in its deliberations and report, stressed that action to conserve, manage, sustainably utilize and enhance forest genetic resources is an urgent priority.
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Report of the Twenty-ninth session of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Dominican Republic, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, Jamaica, Cuba, Venezuela, Guyana, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Uruguay, Ecuador, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Brazil, South America, Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
natural resources management
forestry
forest land
land degradation
Meeting symbol/code: FO:LACFC/2015/REP
Session: Sess. 29
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Forest Policies and the Status of Sustainable Forest Management on the Ground: What are the Links?

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Algeria, Dominica, Honduras, Chile, Ukraine, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Indonesia, Jamaica, Ethiopia, Finland, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, South Africa, Kiribati, Uganda, Haiti, Italy, Tanzania, Botswana, Argentina, India, Chad, Lebanon
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
sustainable land management
forest land
land governance
This publication presents the analysis of the global status of forest policy documents and national forest programme documents as of May 2011, with a view to map their existence and age as well as main characteristics of contents of these documents. The objectives were to: - Compile national forest policy documents and NFP documents world-wide, to create a forest policy database and make the documents available online. - Analyse the existence and content of national forest policy and NFP documents.