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Advancing the forest and water nexus - A capacity development facilitation guide

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 140 p.

Author Eberhardt, U., Springgay, E., Gutierrez, V., Casallas-Ramirez, S., Cohen, R.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-131859-1

Synopsis (short abstract) Forests are intrinsically linked to water – forested watersheds provide 75 percent of our accessible freshwater resources (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005) – and both forest and water resources are relevant to the achievement of all 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the important interlinkages, the forest-water nexus is often unaccounted for in policy and planning. For example, three quarters of forests are not managed for soil and water conservation, which poses a fundamental challenge to achieving sustainable and resilient communities and ecosystems. It is paramount to employ an integrated approach to forest and water resources in management and policy that takes into account the complexity and contextual nature of forest-water relationships. To achieve this, we must improve our understanding of forest-water relationships within local contexts and at different scales, as well as our ability to design, implement, and learn from landscape approaches that both rely on these forest-water relationships, and impact them. In this context, FAO’s Forest and Water Programme has developed a module-based capacity development facilitation guide for project and community stakeholders involved in forest, water and natural resource management to ensure we apply our knowledge to better manage forests and trees for their multiple benefits, including water quantity, quality and the associated socio-economic benefits that people within and outside forests so heavily depend on.

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Eberhardt, U., Springgay, E., Gutierrez, V., Casallas-Ramirez, S. and Cohen, R. 2019. Advancing the forest and water nexus – A capacity development facilitation guide. Rome, FAO.


https://doi.org/10.4060/ca6483en

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