The fifteen-page report starts with an executive summary on the forest resources in Kenya. It is composed of six sections describing the types of forests and inventories, the volume of data of natural forests, the total reported area of all forest plantations, the forest area by naturalness and the forest fire situation in the country.

The management of natural forests in tropical dry zones is the topic addressed by this publication. The document has been long expected by many technicians involved in the management, conservation, and sustainable development of forests, on which depend many people of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In its first part, the document reviews relevant issues, nature and diversity of these forest formations and the biological, socio-economic and human factors that affect their present evolution.

Meeting symbol/code: FAO-RNE--ALAWUC/NE/06
Session: Sess. 4

L’un des premiers produits conçus par AQUASTAT, depuis sa création en 1994,a été la méthodologie d’évaluation des ressources hydriques. Quoiquetrès utiledurant les 20 années d’utilisation dans le cadre d’AQUASTAT, cette méthodologie a révélé quelques faiblesses et s’est avérée dans certains cas d’une complexité excessive. La nécessité de résoudre certains problèmes majeurs est apparue progressivement. En mars 2015, AQUASTAT a décidé de procéderà quelques changements, décrits dans cette note.

A quarterly news bulletin dedicated to the exchange of information relating to wildlife and national resources management for the Asia-Pacific region.

The FAO Strategic Framework 2000-2015 identifies five major corporate strategies to be followed by the Organization. Corporate strategy D, “Conserving and Enhancing Sustainable use of the Natural Resource Base”, is broken down into two strategic objectives: D1 “Integrated Management of Land, Water, Fisheries, Forest and Genetic Resources” and D2 “Conservation, Rehabilitation and Development of Environments at the Greatest Risk”.

Meeting Name: Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2014/7.2

Meeting symbol/code: FO:LACFC/2015/6
Session: Sess. 29

Meeting Name: Expert Meeting on the toolbox for sustainable use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Meeting Name: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (CGRFA)
Meeting symbol/code: CGRFA-16/17-20
Session: Sess. 16