L’intensification durable nécessite des systèmes d’irrigation plus efficaces et précis, ainsi que des systèmes d’exploitation agricole utilisant une approche écosystémique pour préserver les ressources en eau.

In this issue, we look at a new publication entitled â¿¿Payments for ecosystem services and food securityâ¿¿. This document was produced as part of preparatory process for FAOâ¿¿s participation in the Rio+20 event to be held in 2012. We also look ahead to World Water Week to be held 21-27 August in Stockholm, Sweden, where FAO will participate in a seminar anticipating the theme of 2012â¿¿s World Water Day â¿¿ Water and Food Security.

Meeting Name: North American Forest Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NAFC/2016/6
Session: Sess. 28

The global economic cost of food wastage, based on 2009 producer prices, is 750 billion USD, approximately the 2011 GDP of Turkey or Switzerland. The lost grain in sub-Saharan Africa only could meet the minimum annual food requirement of 48 million people. Lost and wasted food represents a missed opportunity to feed the growing world population. It also comes at a steep environmental price, as land quality, water quantity, biodiversity are adversely affected. Wasted food also has a strong impact on global climate change.

The key influences on forestry in Eritrea are identified in this report which also describes how the country is responding to them with new policy and management schemes.

Documento de trabajo sobre la tenencia de la tierra 20. Este documento analiza las características del régimen comunal y su función en el sistema de gestión de los recursos naturales en diferentes contextos de algunos países asiáticos. Las presiones actuales del mercado sobre los recursos naturales suponen ya sea desafíos que oportunidades para que las comunidades y los gobiernos utilicen y refuerzen el régimen comunal para promover la gestión sostenible de algunos recursos naturales.

Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-15/15/Inf.11
Session: Sess.15

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-8/16/3 Rev.1
Session: Sess. 8

A medium-size report that deals with the overall situation of data on forest resources and plantations in Mali. The report is divided into five main sections that describe the information used (section 1), followed by a number of tables describing different aspects of the country's resources (surface, volume, state of plantations, etc.). The last part of the report gives details about natural forests, plantations as well as how forest resources have evolved through time.

After an introduction to the status of forestry in Mali and its relationship to other sectors, the factors affecting the current evolution of different parts of the sector are analysed. Key issues in determining its future successful development are identified.