Forestry
© FAO/22402/R. Faidutti FAO’s programme on forests and climate seeks to enhance climate change mitigation and adaption of forests in the context of sustainable forest management.
Activities
Integrating climate change concerns into core forestry activities
The programme on forests and climate is exploiting synergies with other forestry programmes such as the Global Forest Resources Assessment, the National Forest Programme Facility and programmes on wood energy and forest plantations.
Advocating forests in the nascent climate change mitigation regime
FAO supports UNFCCC, its secretariat and the IPCC through document reviews, through active participation in working groups, through technical papers and through conference side events synchronized with topics negotiated by the parties to UNFCCC.
Assisting member countries in climate change-related tasks
FAO has sought to strengthen the capacity of its developing-country members to participate in the climate change negotiations and to implement the international agreements as they relate to forests, for example afforestation under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
Providing forest and climate change-related information
FAO disseminates information on forests and climate change through its CLIM-FO electronic newsletter, its climate change Web site and publications on forests and climate change.
Key FAO Links
Contact
Page content: Susan.Braatz@fao.org (FOMC)
Forest Management Division: FOM-Director@fao.org
Forest Products and Industry Division: FOI-Director@fao.org