This infographic illustrates key facts from the 2016 edition of the biannual FAO State of the World’s Forests report. The State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2016 shows that it is possible to increase agricultural productivity and food security while halting or even reversing deforestation, highlighting the successful efforts of Costa Rica, Chile, the Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Tunisia and Viet Nam.

Read the full report of the http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5588e.pdf ">State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2016.

Based on a broad literature review, this publication discusses rural women’s time poverty in agriculture, elaborates on its possible causes and implications and provides insight into the various types of constraints that affect the adoption of solutions for reducing work burden. This paper raises questions about the adequacy of women’s access to technologies, services and infrastructure and about the control women have over their time, given their major contributions to agriculture.

Revista internacional de silvicultura e industrias forestales

Meeting Name: Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC)
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2015/1
Session: Sess. 22

This report presents the key findings on forest land use and land-use change between 1990 and 2005 from FAO’s 2010 Global Forest Resources Assessment Remote Sensing Survey. It is the first report of its kind to present systematic estimates of global forest land use and change. The ambitious goal of the Remote Sensing Survey was to use remote sensing data to obtain globally consistent estimates of forest area and changes in tree cover and forest land use between 1990 and 2005.

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/8.3
Session: Sess. 23

Настоящий справочный документ подготовлен для обсуждения вопроса о лесных экосистемных услугах и финансировании устойчивого лесопользования. В нем приводятся некоторые конкретные примеры рыночных механизмов торговли такими лесными экосистемными услугами, как снабжение населения чистой водой, создание возможностей для рекреационной деятельности, сохранение биоразнообразия и смягчение последствий изменения климата посредством секвестрации углерода лесами и замещения древесин ой других материалов.

Meeting Name: North American Forest Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NAFC/2016/3.4
Session: Sess. 28

An overview of the forest resources and industries of the Union of Myanmar. The long term objectives of forestry in the country are given along with major impacting issues such as land use and people participation. Future scenarios are presented based on current policies and trends.

Meeting Name: FAO Committee on Forestry
Meeting symbol/code: COFO/2016/1
Session: Sess. 23

Meeting Name: Near East Forestry and Range Commission (NEFRC)
Meeting symbol/code: FO:NEFRC/2015/1
Session: Sess. 22

Meeting Name: European Forestry Commission
Meeting symbol/code: FO:EFC/2015/3 - ECE/TIM/2015/3
Session: Sess.38 - Sess.73