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.

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

The publication aims to provide a broad range of data and statistics on forests, and the impact and benefits that forestry has on our environment. It also offers some general information and data about the impact forests and forestry can have in mitigating the effects of climate change, as well as information concerning how they are, in turn, affected by climate change.

Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/4 - ECE/TIM/2015/4
Session: Sess.38 - Sess.73

Meeting Name: North American Forest Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NAFC/2016/4
Session: Sess. 28

The present report gives the complete description of the preparation of a land use map and also the preparation of a national map of livestock intensity, needed as LUS input. The present method allows the preparation of a multi-country land use map in two weeks with the work of 13 experts, and is comparable to the continuous of 130 working days. Further to that, the LUS has been validated with the support of GIS consultants.

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

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/8.2
Session: Sess. 23

Material informativo por el Año Internacional de los Suelos (AIS 2015).

Meeting Name: Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC)
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2015/7.1
Session: Sess. 22

Meeting Name: Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC)
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2015/7
Session: Sess. 22