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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    March, 2016
    Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eastern Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa

    Variability in woody plant species, vegetation assemblages and anthropogenic activities derails the efforts to have common approaches for estimating biomass and carbon stocks in Africa. In order to suggest management options, it is important to understand the vegetation dynamics and the major drivers governing the observed conditions. This study uses data from 29 sentinel landscapes (4640 plots) across the southern Africa. We used T-Square distance method to sample trees.

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Kenya, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Benin, Nepal, South Africa, Nicaragua, Vietnam, Mozambique, Thailand, Madagascar, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Ghana, Senegal, Cameroon, Norway, Cambodia

    Millones de personas de todo el mundo dependen de recursos naturales, como la tierra, la pesca y los bosques, que se utilizan de manera colectiva como propiedades comunales. Estas son fundamentales para la cultura, el bienestar y la identidad cultural. Como fuente de alimentos e ingresos, constituyen una importante red de seguridad, en particular para las personas más vulnerables y marginadas.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Angola, Serbia, Bangladesh, China, Namibia, Australia, Ghana, Congo, India

    Este documento es el resultado final de ese proceso. Dirigido a una audiencia mundial – que comprende las instancias decisorias urbanas, funcionarios públicos, asesores políticos y demás partes interesadas – contribuirá al desarrollo de bosques urbanos y periurbanos que ayuden a las ciudades a resolver sus exigencias actuales y futuras de productos forestales y servicios del ecosistema.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Burkina Faso, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Burundi, Namibia, Eswatini, Tonga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Cameroon, Rwanda, South Africa, Central African Republic, Botswana, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad, Gabon, Africa

    Meeting Name: African Forestry and Wildlife Commission
    Meeting symbol/code: FO:AFWC/2016/4.1
    Session: Sess. 20

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Mauritius, Kenya, Zambia, Gambia, Mali, Burundi, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Eswatini, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Comoros, Cameroon, Rwanda, Tanzania, Senegal, Chad, Gabon

    Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
    Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/Inf.11.1
    Session: Sess. 16

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2016
    United States of America, Kenya, Sweden, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Peru, Namibia, Bolivia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Central African Republic, Rwanda, South Africa, Lesotho, Uganda, Madagascar, Botswana, Nicaragua, Mexico, Brazil

    This publication responds to calls in regional and global forestry forums to strengthen capacity for effectively developing and implementing payment schemes for environmental services in sub-Saharan Africa. In particular, the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission, at its 18th session, called for enhancement of the institutional capacities of member countries and the sharing of knowledge on payment schemes for forest environmental services at the national and subregional levels.

  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Angola, Fiji, Honduras, Nepal, Zambia, Gambia, Burkina Faso, China, Namibia, Indonesia, Australia, Bolivia, Congo, Guinea, Malawi, Niger, Mozambique, Liberia, Uganda, India, Togo, Kenya

    Desde las décadas de 1970 y 1980, la forestería comunitaria ha ido adquiriendo cada vez más popularidad, a partir del concepto de que las comunidades locales, cuando se les conceden suficientes derechos de propiedad sobre los bosques colectivos locales, pueden organizarse de forma autónoma y crear instituciones locales a fin de reglamentar el uso de los recursos naturales y manejarlos de forma sostenible.

  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritius, Mozambique, Luxembourg, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Congo, Malawi, France, Rwanda, Niger, South Africa, Lesotho, Tanzania, Kenya, Africa

    Cette édition de la <i>Revue Nature & Faune</i> 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 ».

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Algeria, France, Sweden, Guatemala, Peru, Germany, Bolivia, Republic of Korea, Cameroon, Rwanda, Morocco, Philippines, South Africa, Malaysia, Cambodia, Tunisia, Sudan, Czech Republic, Uganda, Lebanon

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

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    Algeria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Iraq, Mali, Germany, China, Namibia, Jamaica, Ghana, Pakistan, France, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malaysia, Italy, Cuba, Chad, Bhutan, Turkey, Brazil, Mongolia

    Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
    Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17/12
    Session: Sess.16

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