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Stay up to date with the latest news and announcements on FAO’s work to halt deforestation, forest degradation and emissions. Here you will find updates on new initiatives, key milestones, and important information from countries and partners working together for forests, climate and sustainable development.
Forests for peace: the role of forests in conflict reduction
02/08/2018
Forests sequester carbon, support the livelihoods of 1.7 billion people and act as vital reservoirs for biodiversity. However, as a valuable resource, forests have frequently been the spark that ignites...
Implementing Article 5 of the Paris Agreement and achieving climate neutrality through forests: From COFO24 to COP24
23/07/2018
On 16 July 2018, government representatives, civil society and international organizations gathered for the high-level side event co-hosted by Poland’s Presidency for COP24 and FAO entitled “Implementing Article 5 of...
Finding the common ground to halt deforestation
20/07/2018
On 18 July 2018, institutional representatives gathered during the 6th World Forest Week in Rome, Italy at FAO Headquarters to attend an event entitled “Common Ground: multipurpose land-use planning for...
FAO and Norway to scale up forest monitoring platform
08/07/2018
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) have announced plans to scale up a digital FAO platform that assists countries...
Improving Bangladesh's national capacities for using free and open source software for forest monitoring and assessment
05/07/2018
Using free and open source software for forest monitoring and assessment, such as Open Foris, is critical to ensure the sustainability of Bangladesh Forest Department’s mandate to manage and conserve...
New technological advances for forest monitoring being operationalized by the Bangladesh Forest Department
03/07/2018
The Bangladesh Forest Department, with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and in collaboration with universities, is finalizing the field data collection for...
Norway and FAO will scale up innovative forest monitoring tool
27/06/2018
Access to satellite data and cutting-edge geospatial technologies will be broadened thanks to deeper collaboration between FAO and Norway, whose International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) agreed to scale up an innovative...
Consulting national stakeholders for developing Bangladesh's Forest Reference Level
28/05/2018
With the objective to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon sequestration from afforestation and reforestation activities, the Government of Bangladesh is developing the Forest Reference Level...
REDD+ and forest restoration practices highlighted during the 3rd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit in Yogyakarta
10/05/2018
More than 1,200 participants from government, business, civil society and the research community gathered on 23–25 April in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to take part in the 3rd Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit (APRS)...
A place to turn to when you’re stumped by forest governance issues
27/04/2018
In case you haven’t heard of it yet, there’s a place to go when you face a challenge related to forest governance in your REDD+ -related work.
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