Roles of forests in climate change

Forests have four major roles in climate change: they currently contribute about one-sixth of global carbon emissions when cleared, overused or degraded; they react sensitively to a changing climate; when managed sustainably, they produce woodfuels as a benign alternative to fossil fuels; and finally, they have the potential to absorb about one-tenth of global carbon emissions projected for the first half of this century into their biomass, soils and products and store them - in principle in perpetuity. [more...]


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 CLIM-FO-L is a forum for sharing information and experiences about climate change and forestry. The FAO forestry and climate change team is now in the process of evaluating the usefulness of Clim-Fo-L. If you are a subscriber please help us to complete the survey. The survey. For more information on Clim-Fo-L please follow the link [more...]

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Climate Change for Forest Policy-Makers - An approach for integrating climate change into national forests programmes in support of sustainable forest managment

 

FAO programme on forests and climate change

The programme on forests and climate change seeks to contribute to mitigating climate change by advocating and strengthening the concept of sustainable forest management.

The activities aim to integrate climate change issues in core forestry activities, to assist member countries in climate change-related tasks and participate and assist in expert groups and conferences bringing the key role of forests to the table. [More...]

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