Forest monitoring and assessment

Agriculture is a key discussion point at COP17 - with emissions from that sector a concern. The UN's Peter Holmgren joins us to debate this contentious issue.

In a changing climate, mountain regions are among the most vulnerable. They provide the world with resources such as water, timber, biodiversity and hydraulic energy and they are at risk. (Ref.F0001/en).

This project focused on the strategy for seed production, storage and maintenance in the Northern mountainous areas in the context of management of climate risks and adaptation to climate change in agriculture. The video describes the promotion of community-based seed production farmer groups and the strengthening of individual and community level capacities to ensure continuous seed supply throughout the year while maintaining the seed quality in the region. By joining the farmers' group, members contribute to stocks and receive support and from seed companies in the area to ensure their outputs in the market. In addition, farmers receive training on production and post-harvest techniques.

Russia's forests are the largest in the world and yet relatively little is know about them. What we do know is that they are hugely important to the global climate and the global economy. But Russia's forestry sector has been in a state of stagnation since for the last twenty years. A new study, commissioned by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Russian Federal Forest Agency, presents an outlook of how Russian forestry could look by the year 2030 and what that could mean both economically and environmentally.