An 8-million euro grant from the Government of Finland will fund a major new FAO-led project designed to strengthen Myanmar’s capacity to collect and analyze forest resource information that is critical to the country’s work in addressing climate change.
Illegal logging most certainly degrades forest resources and deprives governments of tax revenue that should be used for the benefit of citizens, but, in some extreme cases, it also funds armed conflicts, Robert Simpson, Manager of the FAO-EU FLEGT Programme, told the 2nd International Conference on Environment hosted by the Italian national police force the Carabinieri in Rome last week. [more]
FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) and partners will today kick off the inaugural Forest and Landscape Investment Forum (FLIF) in Kigali, Rwanda. Over 16 - 17 May, this event will bring together project developers and business champions from ten African countries and investors from all over the world in a marketplace for effective forest and landscape investment opportunities. [more]
State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2016 shows that it is possible to increase agricultural productivity and food security while halting or even reversing deforestation.
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