30 August 2010
The quality of forest governance is known to have effects on deforestation, together with other factors. However, assessing its impact is challenging due to the diverse mechanisms leading to deforestation, and data availability. In a new paper Umemiya, Rametsteiner and Kraxner analyse interrelations between governance quality and deforestation rates using governance quality indicator data of the World Bank and deforestation rate data of the FAO Forest Resources Assessment 2005. Results show that an increase in governance quality tends to be associated with a decrease in deforestation rates. [ more...]
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24 August 2010
FAO is stressing the importance of integrated fire management following the release of the report on the causes of Australia's 2009 Black Saturday fires. The Select Committee on Agricultural and Related Industries that investigated the incidence of bushfires noted that the fire management voluntary guidelines coordinated by FAO would be a good basis for a common approach to a national bushfire policy. [ more...]
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20 August 2010
"The first condition is that, the governmental policies should be based on bottom-up participation." Professor Gerard Buttoud (University of Tuscia, Italy) presents an event that will be held within the upcoming World Forest Week at FAO headquarters, Rome. Click to watch the video. [ more...]
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