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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2013
    Brazil, Central America, South America

    Up to 75% of deforestation in Brazil is associated with cattle ranching. To reduce forest conversion and increase sustainability in the cattle supply chain, government, private sector and civil society support interventions based on combinations of institutions and policies, incentives, and information and technology. In this paper we analyse the observed and expected interactions among the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN) Standard for Sustainable Cattle Production Systems certification program and other interventions associated with livestock and deforestation in Amazonia.

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    April, 2017
    Brazil, Central America, South America

    Key Messages

    • A governance approach, combining public policy and private initiatives was effective in slowing down deforestation, but

    was unable to support a transition to more sustainable production systems.

    • New technical intensification models must be identified for low-productivity systems in degraded lands, adapted to the

    biophysical and sociotechnical conditions of the Amazonian landscapes.

    • Multiple constraints inhibit progress toward sustainable intensification of cattle ranching, and reversing them requires that

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2013
    Central America, South America

    Amazonia’s abundant natural resources underpin water, energy, food and health security for the people and economies of the region and far beyond. At the heart of this nexus of securities is water. So abundant in the region, but now under increasing threat as industrial and agricultural pollution increases, and extreme droughts reveal a once unthinkable water vulnerability.

  4. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1967
    Angola, France, Brazil, Japan, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Central African Republic, Solomon Islands

    An international review of forestry and forest products

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1966
    Finland, Canada, United States of America, Japan

    An international journal of forestry and forest industries

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2015
    Costa Rica, Uruguay, Americas

    ”Enhancing country capacity for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change reporting processes for the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector: Uruguay” summarizes the support provided by FAO between 2014 and 2015 to the government of Uruguay, through the Monitoring and Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation in Agriculture (MAGHG) project.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2016
    Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Spain, Guatemala, Panama, Americas

    "Enhancing country capacity for UNFCCC reporting processes for the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector: Costa Rica" summarizes the support provided by FAO between 2013 and 2016 to the government of Costa Rica, through the Monitoring and Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation in Agriculture (MAGHG) project. Costa Rica was among the eighteen countries attending the Second FAO Workshop on Statistics for Greenhouse gas Emissions , held from 3 to 4 June 2013 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1948
    France, Canada, Colombia

    Revue internationale des forts et des industries forestires

  9. Library Resource
    Regulations
    Peru, Americas, South America

    La Estrategia de Acción Social con Sostenibilidad (EASS) es un instrumento intersectorial de alcance nacional, cuyo objetivo general es mejorar las condiciones de vida y desarrollo de la población de las comunidades nativas de la Amazonía.

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