We produce a range of products to inform our members of the latest research and studies concerning African forestry,important meetings coming up, and events which have a bearing on the future trends related to global forest issues. All of these material are freely available to our members.
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FAO Launches Survey on Sustainable Land and Water Management
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Apr 13th 2013
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has launched a survey on knowledge management (KM) and decision support (DS) methods related to sustainable land management (SLM) to obtain feedback on the existing SLM KM and DS methods, tools and products developed by FAO and the World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT).
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UNECE Timber Committee Renamed Committee on Forest and Forest Industry
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Apr 10th 2013
The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) has changed the name of its Timber Committee to ‘Committee on Forest and Forest Industry' to better reflect the Committee's work, which, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), focuses on the relationship of forest management to forest products and forest services.
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PROFOR, CIFOR Report on Forest Certification Effectiveness
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Apr 9th 2013
The Program on Forests (PROFOR), the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD) have released a publication titled, 'Approaches to Measuring the Conservation Impact of Forest Management Certification,' which is based on the follow-up to and outcomes from a 2011 workshop on evaluating the effectiveness and impact of forest certification
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Collaborative Partnership on Forests Reports to UNFF10
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Apr 9th 2013
On the second day of the tenth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF10), a high-level interactive dialogue with the Heads of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) member organizations discussed CPF's achievements over the past two years. CPF Chair and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Forestry Assistant Director-General, Eduardo Rojas-Briales, led the presentation.
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REDDy to Put the Jigsaw Together?
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The first international day of forests was celebrated on 21 March 2013, in recognition of the key role that forests play in protecting biodiversity, storing carbon and achieving sustainable development. Over the past two decades, the relevance of forests has been increasingly acknowledged in the international arena, however, their consideration and regulation constitutes a geo-political jigsaw, whose pieces are dispersed throughout various processes. As a result, the forest policy framework is fragmented and discussions on forests span across different areas of negotiation
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FAO Working Paper Addresses Issues on Assessing Trees Outside Forests
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Apr 2nd 2013
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) prepared a Working Paper, titled "Towards the Assessment of Trees Outside Forests," to assist in assessing trees outside forests as part of the Global Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) 2010. The objective of the report is to provide agencies responsible for the management and analysis of forests with tools, methodologies and case studies to better assess and monitor this resource
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Blue Carbon Initiative Launches New Website
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Apr 2nd 2013
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced the launch of the International Blue Carbon Initiative's new website
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UNECE Reports on Forests and the Green Economy
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Mar 27th 2013
The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) released a study, titled "Forests and Economic Development: A Driver for the Green Economy in the ECE Region," which highlights the challenges to forestry in the region and outlines a way forward based on the integration of forestry and forest-related goods and services into the green economy
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FAO Releases Training Manual on Managing Forest Policy Conflict
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Mar 26th 2013
The National Forest Programme Facility of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a training manual titled, "Collaborative Conflict Management for Enhanced National Forest Programmes," which offers guidelines for creating and running training courses for practitioners managing forest policy related conflict
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COMIFAC Adopts 2013 Plan
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Mar 2013
The Commission des Forêts d'Afrique Central (COMIFAC) convened its annual planning meeting to adopt its 2013 plan. The meeting took place amidst concerns about financing for COMIFAC and its activities
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World Bank Grants “Green Team” Award to Great Green Wall Initiative
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Feb 27th 2013
The World Bank has granted the "Green Team Award" to the Sahel and West Africa Program in Support of the Great Green Wall Initiative (SAWAP/GGWI), in recognition of its work in 12 African countries to address land degradation, climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as biodiversity and forests.
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EU, FAO Announce Second Call for Proposals on FLEGT
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Mar 1st 2013
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has issued a call for proposals for the second tranche of the European Union (EU)-supported programme on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT)
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