There is a urgent need for a better understanding of the risks of soil degradation and their geographical distribution as well as a better knowledge of where degradation occurs at present. it would be desirable to combine soil conservation activities with other elements for increasing crop production.Erosion, salinity and alkalinity and the loss of soil fertility seriously reduce the natural potential of soils to produce food fibres. During the meeting, many criteria to assess the various types of soil degradation were outlined by the experts.

Meeting symbol/code: CL 116 9

The front of the postcard provides a short description on Soil erosion(definition, cause, key facts) while the back gives the worldwide conditions and trends by region. The data given here is derived from information published in the Status of the World's Soil Resources report, released in December 2015.

The Report and the Technical Summary are available at the links below:

This note on the Machobane system is based on information gathered by an FAO Investment Centre mission which visited Lesotho in July 1996 on behalf of the Government and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, to prepare the ground for the formulation of a Sustainable Mountain Agriculture Programme for possible IFAD financing. Observations of farmers attitudes and behaviour as well as relevant socio-economic data were collected in February 1996 in several villages of two Districts in Lesotho and are presented. See also the related FAO Investment Centre Occasional Paper N.

Land Tenure Working Paper 14: Growing land scarcity and concern about land-related conflicts and rising levels of rural impoverishment have brought land to the fore once more. The main difference with the recent past is the wide spectrum of actors who want to take part in the elaboration of the land policies, as well as the more and more recognized need to root the proposals in the particular context of each specific country. The paper, focused on African experiences, starts by discussing the importance of Land Policy Issues at Regional Level.

Le projet Kagera TAMP est financé par le Fonds pour l’environnement mondial (FEM), en partenariat avec les gouvernements, les programmes partenaires et les donateurs, au niveau des pays et de la région. L’ensemble du projet a été révisé et intégré dans le programme de travail du FEM, avec un financement approuvé de 7 millions de $EU, dans le cadre du Programme stratégique d’investissement pour la gestion durable des terres en Afrique Subsaharienne.

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/7.3
Session: Sess. 23

Soils constitute the largest store of terrestrial carbon. When managed using Sustainable Soil Management (SSM) techniques, soils can play an important role in climate change adaptation and mitigation and could enhance the provision of ecosystem services by storing carbon (carbon sequestration) and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere.

El presente nmero de Unasylva refleja en cierto modo el Plan de accin forestal en los trpicos, ya que sus principales artculos se refieren a las inversiones internacionales en el sector forestal (S.E. McGaughey), y a cuestiones relacionadas con tres importantes programas del Plan: lea y energa (G. Foley); ordenacin de cuencas hidrogrficas, que es una seccin del programa sobre la funcin de la silvicultura en el aprovechamiento de la tierra (U. Chanphaka); e industrias forestales (T.M. Maloney).

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/7.3
Session: Sess. 23

Revue internationale des forts et des industries forestires