Author : International Institute for Environment & Development
Publisher : IIED
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 17,37 MB
Release : 1996
Category :
ISBN : 1843691477
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 39,99 MB
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251092834
The contributions of forests to the well-being of humankind are far-reaching. Forests provide vital wood supplies, help to combat rural poverty, and ensure food security and decent livelihoods; they offer promising mid-term green growth opportunities; and they deliver vital long-term environmental services, such as clean air and water, biodiversity and mitigation of climate change. Building on data that are more comprehensive and reliable than ever before and covering 234 countries and territories, the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 (FRA 2015) shows encouraging signs of improved forest management and a global slowdown in deforestation. However, these trends need to be strengthened, especially in countries that are lagging behind.
Author : Lawrence Dale Teeter
Publisher : CABI
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 13,21 MB
Release : 2002-12-06
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780851997759
Annotation. There is currently great concern about the sustainability of forestry and the contribution of private forestry towards this aim. The need to better understand the impact of different policy choices on private forestry has never been more important. This book includes a selection of peer-reviewed papers from a conference held in Atlanta in March 2001.
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 37,18 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251055861
This is the 7th edition of the FAO's biennial report on the state of global forest resources, recent developments and emerging issues in the forest sector. This edition focuses on progress towards sustainable forest management at the regional and global levels, with each regional report structured according to seven thematic elements: the extent of forest resources; biological diversity; forest health and vitality; productive functions of forest resources; protective functions of forest resources; socio-economic functions; and legal, policy and institutional frameworks. These summaries are based on the most current information available, including new data from the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (FRA 2005). The report goes on to consider 18 key issues in the forest sector, including: climate change, forest landscape restoration, forest tenure, invasive species, wildlife management and wood energy. The overall conclusion is that whilst progress is being made, it is very uneven with those regions with developing economies and tropical ecosystems continuing to lose forest area whilst lacking adequate institutions to reverse this trend. The biggest limitation for evaluating progress is weak data, with many countries lacking the financial resources to undertake national forest assessments.
Author : Alexander Smith Mather
Publisher : Timber Press (OR)
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,84 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,94 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
World Bank Technical Paper No. 281. Provides an overview of environmentally related priority issues in Asian forestry and contributes to the critical work of understanding the complex dynamics of those issues.
