Policy, governance and economics
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Grow the Solution initiative aims to promote wood-based products for climate
06/05/2024
FAO and EU launch 15 million euro project to boost sustainability of Uganda’s forestry sector
10/04/2024
Forestry and social protection must be better aligned, says new report
21/11/2023
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Social protection and COVID-19 response in rural areas
2020
This brief explains how social protection measures could shield the rural poor from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic while providing a series of social protection measures countries adopted around the world as a response to COVID-19.
Strengthening national forest policy in Timor-Leste
2020
The first ever National Forest Policy was formulated with technical assistance from FAO, and enacted in 2007. In order to promote sustainable forest management for the benefit of local people, the Government of Timor-Leste requested that FAO assist in reviewing the NFP, and in formulating the Forest Law as a legal instrument for NFP implementation.
Expanding social protection in rural areas, focusing on fisheries and forestry
2019
This special issue of Policy in Focus opens with an article on universal social protection in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), exploring the expansion of social protection and related challenges over the last decades.