The more a country knows about its forests, the better it can manage and protect them for future generations. With this in mind, the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic sought assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, through a Technical Cooperation Programme project, to strengthen national capacities to monitor and assess the country's forest and land resources.
The project was carried out in partnership with the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry and with additional funding from the Government of Kyrgyzstan and the Swiss-Kyrgyz Forestry Support Programme. More than 50 staff from the Department of Forest, Hunting and Ground Inventory received training on national forest management assessments. A national forest vegetation and land use classification system for remote-sensing surveys was developed. In addition, FAO and the department worked closely to store and manage information from the forest and land assessments and published findings in both Russian and English on the state of the country's forests and natural resources.
How best to mitigate climate change and curtail global warming is now an established debate. With a new climate change regime expected to emerge from the upcoming UNFCCC's Climate Change Conference in Paris in November, forestry may gain the limelight in climate mitigation discussions. The significant mitigation potential forests have to offer has been highlighted by a recent UN FAO-led international conference on the economics of mitigation options in the forest sector. [more]
Don’t miss the extended deadline of 13 March to apply to organize an event at the forthcoming XIV World Forestry Congress, 7-11 September 2015, in Durban. We welcome proposals for side events, networking events, launches, performances or regional events that will help share experiences, showcase the latest developments and innovations for forests and forestry, and increase opportunities for dialogue at the Congress. [more]
