This document summarizes the latest global and regional policy developments related to forests. It describes decisions resulting from international and intergovernmental processes and identifies areas where these decisions may have an impact on the forest sector in the COFFI and EFC region. It also notes the possible role of the Committee and the Commission in facilitation of implementation of these policy processes. Furthermore the document includes a brief overview of the global and regional reporting on forests and sustainable forest management in the region, concluded in 2015.

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/7.5
Session: Sess. 23

Meeting Name: North American Forest Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NAFC/2016/3.5
Session: Sess. 28

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/8.2
Session: Sess. 23

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

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/Inf.2/Rev.1
Session: Sess. 23

El presente documento realiza una síntesis de las experiencias de manejo y gestión de cuencas en el Ecuador; a la vez que, a partir de teorías y tendencias relacionadas con este tema hace también una reflexión sobre las mismas. Además expone un estudio de caso en una cuenca gestionada a través de un proyecto de la FAO para mostrar una metodología de evaluación rápida, de tipo cualitativa, basada en opiniones de los diferentes actores que han participado en el proceso, así como en las visiones externas de técnicos que visitaron el sitio.

Cette édition de la Revue Nature & Faune est un numéro spécial pour marquer 2015 comme l’ Année internationale des sols. Elle comporte trente articles concis qui abordent le thème central suivant: «La gestion durable des sols: clé pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition en Afrique ».

Meeting Name: Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC)
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2015/3
Session: Sess. 22

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/4
Session: Sess. 23

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/9
Session: Sess. 23

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.