Notícias
Mantenha-se atualizado com as últimas notícias e anúncios sobre o trabalho da FAO para travar a desflorestação, a degradação das florestas e as emissões. Aqui encontrará informações sobre novas iniciativas, marcos importantes e aspetos relevantes de países e parceiros que trabalham juntos pelas florestas, o clima e o desenvolvimento sustentável.
Protection of the upside-down forest - monitoring and sustainable use of the Cerrado
19/02/2018
When talking about deforestation in Brazil we often focus on the Amazon. But not everyone knows that just on the Amazonian border lies its often forgotten neighbour — the second...
Assessing forest degradation in Ethiopia using cutting edge tools
18/02/2018
How can a country tackle assessing forest degradation if it doesn’t have historical field data? Enter SEPAL (System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring), a...
New research paper: Emission factor estimators for large-area forest inventories
15/02/2018
A new paper has been published in Springer Nature’s Environmental and Ecological Statistics journal on emission factor estimators used for large-area forest inventories. Written by Luca Birigazzi, Javier G. P....
Forest biomass, productivity and carbon cycling along a rainfall gradient in West Africa
15/02/2018
A new research paper in the Global Change Biology journal has been published on forest biomass, productivity and carbon cycling along a rainfall gradient in West Africa, providing the first...
Developing, implementing and monitoring local REDD+ action plans
15/02/2018
Drawing on successful pilot REDD+ initiatives supported by the UN-REDD Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Nepal and Viet Nam, the International Centre...
Productive South-South REDD+ exchange between Cambodia and Ecuador to share experiences in preparing and implementing REDD+ actions
09/01/2018
A delegation of the Royal Government of Cambodia visited their counterparts of Ecuador for an intensive and productive REDD+ exchange mission that took place from 4-14 December 2017. The aim...
Mexico launches world’s first operational REDD+ Safeguards Information System
05/01/2018
Led by the National Forestry Commission of Mexico (CONAFOR) and with the Mexico REDD+ Project and the UN-REDD Programme’s support, Mexico has worked to design and establish its REDD+ National...
Technical training and South-South collaboration: Pacific Regional Workshop on Forest Monitoring
04/01/2018
Over 40 forest monitoring experts from Pacific Island countries - Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Indonesia and the Pacific Community (SPC) met in Port Moresby, Papua New...
Watching forests from space
21/12/2017
By watching the forest from a different perspective, we can understand the impact forests have on our way of life.
Thomas Pesquet, an ESA astronaut, had a unique opportunity to do...
West Africa advances in Measurement, Reporting and Verification - moving toward enhanced transparency under the Paris Agreement
20/12/2017
Each year, more and more countries recognize forests’ potential in reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). This October, two events took place in West Africa to improve the...