16 March 2010
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations announces the second call for proposals for pilot projects and technical assistance through the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Support Programme for African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (ACP-FLEGT Support Programme).The four-year initiative has two main components: providing assistance to ACP countries in putting the European Union FLEGT Action Plan into practice, and supporting the collection, analysis and dissemination of FLEGT-related information and lessons learned among stakeholder groups in ACP countries. [ more...]
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15 March 2010
A significant increase in national food production, rural employment and reforestation are the keys to a greener, more productive Haiti, said FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf during a four-day visit to the country to launch with the government the critical spring planting season. [ more...]
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8 February 2010
The UNECE/FAO Timber section is co-organizing together with the Economic Research and Statistics Division of the WTO Secretariat, and with the Financial support from the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a one day workshop in Geneva on 23 March 2010 on Emerging Trade measures in Timber markets. It will be followed by the meeting of the FAO/UNECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics on 24 March 2010. [ more...]
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