Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/5.5

The purpose of the United Nations Challenge Badges is to raise awareness, educate and, most of all, motivate young people to change their behaviour and be active agents of change in their local communities. Challenge Badges are appropriate for use with school classes and youth groups, and are endorsed by WAGGGS and WOSM. They include a wide range of activities and ideas that can easily be adapted by teachers or leaders.

A medium-size report that describes the overall situation of data on fuelwood in Eritrea. The report starts with a broad introductory part dealing with the country's characteristics. The second part states the country's forest resources while making a distinction between the natural forests and forest plantations. The third part gives some information on timber and pole production while the following part analyses fuelwood supply and consumption. The last parts of the report are discussion topics, a conclusion and recommendations.

This poster was created by FAO to celebrate the International Day of Forests 2016. The theme of 2016's celebration is "Forests and Water" and aims to raise awareness of how forests are key to the planet’s supply of freshwater, which is essential for life.

An international journal of forestry and forest industries

Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry (COFO) (16th Session)
Meeting symbol/code: COFO 2003/6

Forest genetic resources (FGR) are the heritable materials maintained within and among tree and other woody plant species that are of actual or potential economic, environmental, scientific or societal value. They are crucial to the adaptation and protection of our ecosystems, landscapes and production systems, yet are subject to increasing pressures and unsustainable use.

Meeting symbol/code: NAFC 2000 7a

The South African forest sector makes a meaningful contribution to the economy of the country and has huge potential in the development of our impoverished rural areas. In South Africa, rural development poses an enormous challenge, a challenge that has not been successfully met by a great number of other developing countries.

In this issue, we will be looking at work underway on the Voluntary Guidelines on responsible governance of tenure of land and other natural resources. We will also look at work done in Thailand and lessons learned by the German-financed Bioenergy and Food Security project.

La République de Djibouti et la FAO n’ont cessé d’intensifier leur coopération depuis l’ouverture de la représentation de l’Organisation dans le pays en 2008. De nombreux domaines, comme la production agricole, animale et halieutique ont bénéficié de l’aide de la FAO. Au cours de la dernière décennie, le pays a été touché par une série de grandes sécheresses qui ont eu de graves répercussions sur les moyens de subsistance, en particulier dans les communautés rurales.