Forest and Landscape Restoration Asia and the Pacific

Publications

A repository of publications focusing on FLR in the context of Asia and the Pacific.

2022

First draft of the global framework for monitoring and reporting progress in relation to the UN Decade.

2022

The statistical classification system for forest products enables the collection, compilation, analysis and dissemination of high-quality global data on forest products by ensuring that information is comparable across countries. 

2022

The purpose of these Voluntary Guidelines is to serve as a reference and to provide guidance to improve the governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests with the overarching goal of achieving food security for all and supporting the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security.

2022

Sets out the rationale, enabling factors, and diverse pathways by which countries and communities can reduce and reverse land degradation by designing and implementing their bespoke land restoration agenda. Land restoration for recovery and resilience is about creating livelihood and development opportunities for people simply by changing the way we use and manage our land resources.

2022

EX-ACT is a land-use-based accounting system developed by FAO to evaluate the effects of the interventions in agriculture on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon stock changes expressed as carbon balance. This publication describes in detail the main logic behind the tool, the tool structure, and the underlying equations and parameters used to calculate the carbon balance.

2022

This CCDR identifies near-term policy and investment priorities that will support Bangladesh to continue progress in building resilience to the effects of climate change. The CCDR provides additional analysis to prioritize actions to accelerate climate-resilient development in line with Bangladesh’s goals.

2022

This policy brief highlights the recommendations from the workshop that was intended to enhance the capacities of FLR policymakers and planners in AFoCO and ITTO member countries, and two countries from Central Asian region (Tajikistan and Turkmenistan), to undertake successful FLR interventions.

2022

This is a report of an AFoCO and ITTO jointly organized virtual workshop on FLR in partnership with many partners in the region. The report highlights national restoration cases and lessons, strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities related to FLR.

2022

This report provides an overview of the current challenges and opportunities for increasing public and private investment in restoration through innovative approaches to financing restoration activities. The report also lays out a draft roadmap of actions the UN Decade Finance Task Force will take to overcome challenges and contribute to scaling investment in restoration.

2022

A report assessing progress toward global goals of halting deforestation and restoration of degraded land by 2030, as set out at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. Presents an analysis of efforts from public and private sectors, grassroots actors, and collaborative initiatives, and a summary of global forest finance, in which the need to greatly increase funding for forests is noted.

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The information in the publications displayed does not imply any official endorsement of or responsibility on the part of FAO for the opinions, ideas, data or products presented at these locations, or guarantee the validity of the information provided. The purpose of this repository is to provide users with convenient access to information to support project/programme document development, users have the responsibility of assessing its relevance, accuracy and suitability of application.