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23rd Session of the Committee on Forestry starts at FAO headquarters
©FAO/Marco Longari
18 July 2016, Rome--- The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has released this year’s report on the State of the World’s forests. According to the Organization, meeting the increasing demand for food worldwide will require productive landscapes that are managed sustainability. This latest report details why and how forests play a key role for global food supplies. And it also identifies 22 countries that have successfully maintained or even increased their forest areas, improving food security in their respective countries.

Opening address by FAO Director-General, José Graziano da Silva.
12min. 10sec.

(00:00) Keynote address by His Royal Highness Prince Laurent of Belgium, FAO's Special Ambassador for Forests and the Environment; (15:03) statements by Ministers (Norway, Mexico,Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change).
41min. 57sec.

(00:00) Remarks by René Castro Salazar, FAO Assistant Director-General for Forestry; (22:39) launch of the State of the World’s Forests: Forests and agriculture: land use challenges and opportunities.
46min. 38sec.

Eva Muller, Director of FAO’s Forestry Department, explains more about the latest edition of the report on the "State of the World’s Forests". (Interview conducted by Sandra Ferrari)
5min. 24sec.
Sujet(s): Forêts, Interview
Produit par: FAO
 
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