Bioenergy accounted for roughly ten percent of the world total primary energy supply in 2009. Most of this is consumed in developing countries, where between two and three billion people rely on solid biomass (wood, charcoal, agricultural residues and animal waste) for cooking and heating, often in open fireplaces or traditional cook stoves. Biomass refers to non-fossil material of biological origin, such as energy crops, agricultural and forestry wastes and by-products, manure or microbial biomass.

La dernière décennie a connu une augmentation considérable de l'intérêt et des activités concernant les produits forestiers non ligneux (PFNL). L'importance actuelle des PFNL pour les conservateurs, les forestiers, les acteurs du développement et les populations indigènes a suscité de nombreuses initiatives, ayant pour objectif de promouvoir l'utilisation et la commercialisation des PFNL, comme des moyens pour améliorer le bien-être des populations rurales et, en même temps, conserver les forêts existantes.

This paper represents part of an area of work in support of enhancing access to land and forest resources in support of rural livelihoods in Mongolia. . This synthesis report draws on field studies undertaken recently in five rural areas of Mongolia, covering all ecological zones from montane and northern taiga forest to arid forest in the Gobi. Our findings document and explain, with case studies and documentation from participatory analysis, the downward cycle of resource depletion and descend into poverty that is in action.

World agriculture: towards 2015/2030 is FAO’s latest assessment of the long-term outlook for the world’s food supplies, nutrition and agriculture. It presents the projections and the main messages. The projections cover supply and demand for the major agricultural commodities and sectors, including fisheries and forestry. This analysis forms the basis for a more detailed examination of other factors, such as nutrition and undernourishment, and the implications for international trade.

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA/ITWG-PGR-8/16/Inf.3
Session: Sess. 8

La observancia de la legislación forestal suscita una atención creciente en el escenario de la política forestal internacional porque todos los años se tala, elabora y comercia ilegalmente un volumen significativo de madera. La explotación ilegal y el comercio asociado constituyen un problema complejo con graves consecuencias ambientales, sociales y económicas. Diferentes instancias locales, nacionales e internacionales han adoptado medidas para resolver este problema.

Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/6.2