Strengthening criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in policy and practice
The project Strengthening criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management in policy and practice was designed to:
The three-year project (2014-2016) has undertaken national, regional and global consultations in Africa, Asia, Near East and North Africa, and Latin America. These involved governmental and non-governmental bodies and other stakeholders, reviewing C&I uses and discussing needs of stakeholders at different levels (local, national, regional, global) and opportunities to strengthen their use by learning from good examples and lessons learned. The project has proposed further indicator development and priority actions to strengthen applicability and use of criteria and indicators. The expected outcomes were:
The project was implemented by FAO in partnership with key global and regional C&I and forest–related processes and initiatives (UNFF, ITTO, Montreal Process, FOREST EUROPE, COMIFAC, ACTO). This project is carried out with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). |
Background project reportsMeasuring sustainable forest management: indicators for sustainable development, agriculture and natural resources management Regional workshopsFour regional C&I workshops were held in the framework of the project to help increasing awareness on the development and use of C&I. The workshops facilitated information exchange about relevant experiences, lessons learned, challenges, and the future use and potential of using C&I at regional/national levels in Africa, Latin America and Asia. For details and outputs see below.
International meetings & workshopsThe project has been actively involved in several international meetings and workshops, as the OLI (Rome, November 2016), the Ottawa expert workshop (Ottawa, May 2016), the COFO (Rome, July 2016) and the WFC (Durban, September 2015). |