Australia biodiversity conservation tour: building capacity of Fijian forestry ministry professionals

Addressing the role of women in forestry is central to sustainable resource management and rural livelihood improvement. Improving women’s access to forest resources and effectively including them in decision making leads to greater investment in children’s welfare and has positive effects on economic growth and sustainable resource management. Opportunities for women to adopt new roles and improve their livelihoods are increasing but gender imbalances still threaten sustainable development.

Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/14 - ECE/TIM/2015/14
Session: Sess.38 - Sess.73

Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/6.3

The infographic provides a visual overview on illegal logging and associated trade and explains FAO's work in the field under its Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Programme for social media and promotional purposes.

This report is a mid-term evaluation (MTE) of the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF), one of the first “umbrella programmes” within the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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.

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/7.1
Session: Sess. 23

Meeting Name: North American Forest Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NAFC/2016/10
Session: Sess. 28

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