Meeting Name: North American Forest Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NAFC/2016/4
Session: Sess. 28
This FAO Legal Paper looks at and evaluates the present land-related laws and policies in operation in Sierra Leone and makes recommendations to align them with the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food…
AGROECOLOGY is the science of applying ecological concepts and principles to the design and management of sustainable food systems. It focuses on the interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment. Agroecological practices work in harmony with these interactions, applying…
The Land and Water Days are jointly convened by FAO, IFAD and WFP as part of efforts aimed at reaching effective and lasting impacts for land and water actions on the ground.
功能性土壤在提供清洁水及抵御 洪水和干旱的能力上发挥了关 键作用。渗入土壤的水可存留 污染物， 防止其浸入地下水。 此外，土壤捕获和储存水，使水能够被作物 吸收，从而最大限度减少水面蒸发，最大限 度地提高水的利用率和生产率。有机质含量 高的健康土壤有能力存储大量的水，这不仅 在旱季有益，而且在强降雨季时也是如此。 旱季时，土壤水分对植物生长至关重要；强降 雨季时，通过减缓水流入溪的速度，土壤减少 了洪水和径流。
Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/14 - ECE/TIM/2015/14
Session: Sess.38 - Sess.73
Ce rapport traite des nouvelles connaissances sur les émissions anthropiques des gaz à effet de serre (GES) issues de l'agriculture, la foresterie et des autres utilisations des terres (AFAT), connaissances mises à disposition au sein de la nouvelle base de données des émissions FAOSTAT.…
Towards effective national forest funds addresses the need for more information on the way NFFs work and how best to establish and manage them. It shares the lessons that have emerged from the establishment and management of NFFs with the aim of supporting countries in designing and…
The protection of fertile soils is a precondition for sustainable development. In the final document of the conference of the United Nations on sustainable development in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (Rio+20 Conference), the international community thus agreed to strive for a “land degradation…
The objective of the analysis is to identify the effects of global changes on the forest cover in the pilot sites in collaboration with local and international experts.
This publication contains key messages from the International Conference on the Economics of Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Forest Sector, organized by FAO and held online in February 2015. It summarizes key points from 51 technical presentations and panel and plenary discussions of 6…
This Infographic will report on the Key Messages of the related "Discussion Paper on Sustainable Financing for Forest and Landscape Restoration" (jointly producded by UNCCD/FAO) currently under finalization.