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2002 International Year of Mountains

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2002
Switzerland, Chile, Peru, Australia, Jamaica, Bolivia, China, Iran, Russia, Ethiopia, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Italy, Tanzania, Ecuador, Argentina, India, United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
forestry
rural areas
natural resources management
land use
deforestation
natural disasters
rural development
Statements from FAO's Director-General and the King of Nepal, profiles of mountain issues and activities from countries such as Bolivia, Italy, Kyrgyzstan and Peru, and information on mountain forests, tropical cloud forests and sacred mountains complete Unasylva's foray into the mountains.
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Adaptation in action

Reports & Research
December, 2012
Belize, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Grenada, Jamaica, Bolivia, Cuba, Colombia, Thailand, Rwanda, Philippines, Lesotho, Uganda, Haiti, Italy, Togo
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
FAO-Adapt consolidates FAO’s multidisciplinary expertise on climate change adaptation. Through this Organization-wide framework, FAO provides countries with best practices, key principles and priority themes on which member nations can focus adaptation efforts in agriculture and food security. Since launching FAO-Adapt in June 2011, the Organization has: developed and implemented new, adaptation-focused projects and programmes; and enhanced FAO’s own capacity to deliver adaptation support to member countries.
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Asia-Pacific Forestry Statistics Compendium: Volume I - Socio-Economic, Resources and Non-Wood Products Statistics

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Dominica, Fiji, Bangladesh, Tuvalu, Mauritius, Dominican Republic, Samoa, Micronesia, Vanuatu, Tonga, Suriname, Cook Islands, Comoros, Guyana, Cape Verde, Malaysia, Trinidad and Tobago, Palau, Marshall Islands, Belize, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, Jamaica, Sao Tome and Principe, Cuba, Malta, Guinea, Uruguay, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Bahrain, Kiribati, Haiti, Nauru, Saint Lucia, India, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Bahamas, Bhutan, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Papua New Guinea, Niue, Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
land use
A synthesis of available data on social and economic factors, forest resources and nonwood forest products production and trade in the Asia-Pacific region. This study draws together information from a variety of statistical databases and from country and thematic studies in this working paper series. With the most important overall regional statistics tabulated is intended as a convenient starting point for analysts.
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Economic rent from forest operations in Suriname and a proposal for revising Surinam's forest revenue system

Journal Articles & Books
December, 1999
Antigua and Barbuda, Dominican Republic, Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Indonesia, Grenada, Jamaica, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana, Belize, Italy, Trinidad and Tobago, Netherlands, Saint Lucia, Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Americas
Forest Tenure
forestry
natural resources management
This report presents the results of an analysis of economic rent from roundwood production in Suriname. It starts by describing the concept of economic rent: what it means; how it is calculated; and why it is so important. it then presents the results of the economic rent analysis and presents some recommendations for forest charges in Suriname. Later sections describe some ways to improve the efficiency and profitability of the forestry sector in Suriname and some ways that current constraints may be overcome.
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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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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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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.
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Forest Policy for Jamaica 2017.

National Policies
January, 2017
Jamaica
Land & Gender
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
deforestation
farmland
public ownership
environment
forest conservation
farming systems
land governance
natural resources management
protected areas
forestry
land-use planning
water rights
sustainable land use
gender equity in access to land
land management
forest land
agriculture
fisheries
The Vision of the Forest Policy is that: by 2062, Jamaica’s forests and its biodiversity are sufficiently restored and sustainably managed, so once again the island can adequately be described as “the land of wood and water”, capable of meeting the social, economic and ecological needs of current and future generations.
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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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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.