Noticias
Manténgase al día con las últimas noticias y anuncios sobre el trabajo de la FAO para detener la deforestación, la degradación de los bosques y las emisiones. Aquí encontrará información actualizada sobre nuevas iniciativas, hitos importantes y aspectos clave de los países y asociados que trabajan juntos por los bosques, el clima y el desarrollo sostenible.
New publications to support sustainable forest management in Ethiopia
18/04/2019
The Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE), Ethiopia’s national strategy to achieve a middle-income status by 2025 has “Forestry: Protecting and re-establishing forests for their economic and ecosystem services, including as...
Sida, FAO and ECOWAS join forces to protect West Africa’s forests
09/04/2019
The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have joined forces to...
Voices from the field: Sustainable Forest Management through Community Forestry in Colombia
04/04/2019
Local communities are key forest stakeholders, and their involvement in decision-making and sustainable management of forests generates positive outcomes for livelihoods, rural development, and forest conservation. In particular, countries in...
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Vietnam after nine years of REDD+ Readiness
19/03/2019
This article originally appeared on the UN-REDD Programme website. Click here to go to the original post.
Nine years since the launch of the UN-REDD Viet Nam Phase I Programme, Vietnam has marked a...
Mekong, Mumbai, and Beyond: Regionally-Developed Tool Expands to Support Global Forest Monitoring
18/03/2019
This article originally appeared on the UN-REDD Programme website. Click here to go to the original post.
“Land cover mapping in the lower Mekong has been challenging in the past, based primarily on...
Brazil presents preliminary results from the National Forest Inventory carried out in Caçador
15/03/2019
On March 14, the Director of Research and Information, Joberto Freitas, presented preliminary data from the National Forest Inventory (NFI) at an event held in the municipality of Caçador, Santa...
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Argentina submits its Forest Reference Emission Level and moves towards accomplishing REDD+ Readiness
06/03/2019
The Argentine Republic has a native forest cover of 53.6 million hectares (ha), distributed in seven regions that range from temperate forests to subtropical forests. The loss of coverage of...
In Moscow, FAO shared experience on climate-smart agriculture, management of peatlands
06/03/2019
For Russia, the issue of science-based restoration and sustainable, wet management of peatlands is particularly relevant. The urgency is determined by the fact that this type of wetlands perform a...
Managing wildfires in Sudan using satellite remote sensing data
04/03/2019
According to a recent study, between 2003 and 2012, approximately 67 million hectares (1.7%) of forest land is burned annually, mostly in tropical South America and Africa. The immediate and...
Latest FREL submission shows Nigeria’s progress on monitoring forest resources
01/03/2019
As the most populated country in Africa, Nigeria is facing enormous pressure on its natural resources. According to Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015, the current deforestation rate is estimated at 3.5% -...