Desde mucho antes de la apertura de su oficina en 1979, la FAO ha brindado asistencia técnica y financiera para impulsar el desarrollo del sector agropecuario, pesquero y forestal, así como a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en la República Dominicana. A través de un largo número de proyectos y programas, la FAO ha focalizado sus intervenciones en áreas como la seguridad alimentaria, la inocuidad y sanidad agropecuaria, la sostenibilidad de recursos naturales, la gobernanza forestal y el fortalecimiento institucional.

Most issues of Unasylva focus on a specific theme. The objective of this thematic orientation is to examine in depth a given aspect of forest and forestry development in order to highlight its significance and importance within our wider universe. The aim is not to serve as a primer or textbook on the chosen subject (this clearly would he impossible given the limited size of the journal) but rather to present a series of analyses on specific aspects that help to spark interest and awareness.

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

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

The current working definition of biotechnolology used by the FAO refers to any means of developing or using living organisms to produce or alter or improve a product or organism for a specified purpose (UNEP 1992; Schmidt 1997), which would include prehistoric plant and animal domestication. A more current perspective specifies biotechnology having commercial applications, featuring deliberate manipulation of the genetic components of living organisms or their products (IBPGR 1991; Iowa State University 1994).

En este nmero es nuestro propsito analizar los planes en curso con vistas al lanzamiento de la Alianza Global por el Recurso Suelo, una iniciativa ambiciosa destinada a apoyar los esfuerzos mundiales encaminados a resolver los problemas comunes relacionados con la ordenacin de suelos. Tambin examinamos un proyecto regional enfocado en la asistencia a cuatro pases andinos Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Per que hacen frente a problemas relacionados con la adaptacin al cambio climtico y la gestin riesgos en casos de desastre en el sector agrcola.

El proceso de evaluación de los recursos forestales facilita información sobre la situación y tendencias de los recursos forestales a escala mundial, así como su gestión y utilización.

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/WG-PGR-8/16/5
Session: Sess. 8

An international review of forestry and forest products

Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/4

This issue of Unasylva looks at various aspects of the overall financing situation in forestry and highlights areas where additional progress could and should be made. The issue draws heavily on material prepared for the June 1996 Workshop on Financial Mechanisms and Sources of Finance for Sustainable Forestry, held in Pretoria, South Africa.