This Working Paper presents the outlook for policies in the main sectors influencing the forest and forest products sector: demographic and social affairs, economy, energy, environment, landuse and regional development, agriculture, industry, trade, construction and the public sector. For each, policy issues and options are explored, as well as their implications for the forest and forest industries sector. A “base scenario” for future policies in these areas is also presented.

Meeting Name: Committee on Agriculture (COAG)
Meeting symbol/code: COAG/2014/9
Session: Sess.24

تساهم الغابات مساهمة بعيدة الأثر في رفاه البشر. فالغابات توفر إمدادات حيوية من الأخشاب، وتساعد على مكافحة الفقر في المناطق الريفية وضمان الأمن الغذائي وتوفير سبل المعيشة اللائقة. وهي تقدم فرصاً واعدة للنمو الأخضر على المدى المتوسط، كما أنها تقدم خدمات بيئية حيوية على المدى البعيد، مثل الهواء والماء النظيفين والتنوع البيولوجي والتخفيف من وطأة تغ ّير المناخ. تساهم الغابات مساهمة بعيدة الأثر في رفاه البشر. فالغابات توفر إمدادات حيوية من الأخشاب، وتساعد على مكافحة الفقر في المناطق الريفية وضمان الأمن الغذائي وتوفير سبل المعيشة اللائقة.

A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and several development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector, academic and research institutions, donors and development specialists on the responsible governance of tenure.

El año 2014 fue declarado oficialmente por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas como “Año Internacional de la Agricultura Familiar” (AIAF), para poner de relieve el papel primordial que juegan los agricultores familiares en la mitigación del hambre y la pobreza, su contribución a la seguridad alimentaria y a la nutrición, la mejora de los medios de vida, la gestión de los recursos naturales, la protección del medio ambiente y la consecución del desarrollo sostenible, especialmente en zonas rurales.

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/12
Session: Sess.16

The Netherlands became an FAO member in 1945, and has since been a valuable resource partner on multiple FAO projects and programmes. The Netherlands shares FAO’s continued interest in developing programmes for the financial inclusion of family farmers, especially women, by treating them as entrepreneurs and promoting their access to better credit and resilience. The Netherlands is also one of FAO’s largest donors for locust control issues.

Documento de trabajo sobre tenencia de la tierra 5. Este informe estudia las tendencias de la buena gobernanza de la tenencia de la tierra y otros recursos naturales en América Latina. En él se analizan los diferentes mecanismos empleados y se identifican los aspectos que cabe considerar en aras de una gobernanza responsable de la tenencia de la tierra.

The contribution of natural resources to the livelihood strategies of poor people has long been appreciated as significant. How to ensure that poor people have rights and opportunities to access natural resources, as well as responsibilities for the sustainable management of natural resources, has become a central question in debates over poverty alleviation.

A complete 60-page report covering some of the general aspects of natural forests in Rwanda. It is composed of three chapters that cover various topics like mountain forests, relictual areas, savinocol formations, forest plantations, etc. The last part synthesises the country's forest resources and their uses.