This issue of Unasylva focuses on the challenges facing forestry extension and current attempts to respond to them.

Revue internationale des forts et des industries forestires

Le prsent numro d'Unasylva est principalement consacr l'Afrique. Une bonne partie du continent a t ravage par plusieurs annes successives de scheresse, et des millions d'tres humains souffrent de faim et de malnutrition. Dans de nombreux pays d'Afrique, les cultures empitent rapidement sur les forts et les zones arides cause de la famine.

This paper examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve climate-smart agriculture which sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes Greenhouse Gases (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals. Building on case studies from the field, the paper outlines a range of practices, approaches and tools aimed at increasing the resilience and productivity of agricultural production systems, while also reducing and removing emissions.

Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2001 6-Supp.1

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/8.3
Session: Sess. 23

A sourcebook and survey modules are being developed by five bodies (FAO, CIFOR, IFRI, the World Bank's LSMS and PROFOR) to collect data on the socioeconomic contributions of forests to household welfare and livelihoods at aggregate scales. The modules have been field-tested in three countries. This flyer is intended to disseminate information on the launch of the sourcebook and survey modules in October 2016 to the partcipants of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in September 2016.

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/6.1 Rev.1 (English only)
Session: Sess. 23

This field manual contains definitions and procedures used to plan and perform a national forest inventory and assessment following the approach developed by the Forest Resources Assessment programme (FRA) of the FAO. The methodology, based on nation-wide field sampling, has already been tested and implemented in several countries since year 2000 (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Philippines, Cameroon and Lebanon).

Revue internationale des forêts et des industries forestières

This case study illustrates the use of the MA&D methodology to identify products and to develop viable tree, forest and home garden product enterprises at community level in Viet Nam without degrading the forest resource base and the environment. It provides examples of the methods and tools used by the facilitating team.

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/8.1
Session: Sess. 23