Forestry

Events

Past events

29/10

2019

31/10

2019

Johannesburg (South Africa), 29/10/2019 - 31/10/2019

The Johannesburg event was the second regional dialogue in Africa, following on from the regional dialogue for francophone Africa held in Cameroon 28-30 May 2019. The purpose of the regional dialogues is to raise awareness and build capacity to increase contributions of wood value chains to sustainable development and climate change mitigation. The Johannesburg dialogue brought together key ...

25/9

2019

27/9

2019

Innsbruck (Austria), 25/09/2019 - 27/09/2019

The session focused on the protective functions of forests in mountain watersheds in a changing climate. Forests provide many services; some of these are protective functions that are important for humans and the environment. Mountain forests indeed play an important role in actively protecting from avalanche detachment, hindering landslides, stopping rockfall, preventing erosion and reducing r...