Strengthening development partners’ collaboration to mainstream FLR for climate change mitigation in Uganda
19/12/2016
Uganda’s natural resources and the ecosystem services they provide are key to the country’s economy, contributing an estimated 23 percent to its GDP in 2014–2015. The population, which is 85...
The Restoration Initiative: joining forces on forest and landscape restoration
19/12/2016
The Project preparation phase of the Restoration Initiative (TRI) was officially launched in November 2016 in Douala, Cameroon, during the 1st global TRI workshop. Approved by the Global Environment Facility...
Promoting the role of natural regeneration in large-scale forest and landscape restoration: challenges and opportunities, and consultation to operationalize the Regional Strategy and Action Plan for forest and landscape restoration in Asia-Pacific
31/05/2017
In 2011, the Bonn Challenge was announced along with a goal to restore 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded lands by 2020. This ambitious target was reinforced during the...
The Fifth Mediterranean Forest Week
31/05/2017
The Fifth Mediterranean Forest Week entitled “Towards an enhanced regional cooperation to restore Mediterranean landscapes: improving resilience for the benefit of people and environment” was organized from 20 to 24 March...
Fifth Mediterranean Forest Week discusses the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020 and forest-related Aichi Biodiversity Targets
31/05/2017
At the margins of the Fifth Mediterranean Forest Week (20 to 24 March 2017, Agadir, Morocco), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (Biodiversity Convention) organized a capacity-building workshop...
Promoting forest and landscape restoration in Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear and Siem Reap, capacity development on the National Forest Fund and payment for ecosystem services in Cambodia
31/05/2017
The Forestry Administration (FA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are implementing, with several other local...
A series of meetings of the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism
31/05/2017
The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) will organize a series of events in Rome, Italy at FAO headquarters from 10 to 14 July 2017. The first meeting will be the...
The Forest and Landscape Investment Forum: Unleashing business opportunities for sustainable landscapes
13/10/2017
On 16 and 17 May 2017 FAO’s Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism and partners organized the inaugural Forest and Landscape Investment Forum (FLIF) in Kigali, Rwanda. The event brought together...
Financing mechanisms for local investment in forest and landscape restoration
13/10/2017
The Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM) organized a two-day workshop on "Financing mechanisms for local investment in forest and landscape restoration" from 13 to 14 July 2017 at FAO...
The Collaborative Roadmap for FLR Monitoring: looking back at our achievements
13/10/2017
Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) is a key topic that is receiving increasing global attention. Building on this momentum, on 20 and 21 July 2017 FAO hosted a workshop...
FLR Mechanism Advisory Group meeting, July 2017
13/10/2017
The Thirds Annual Meeting of the FLR Mechanism Advisory Group met on 12 July 2017. During this meeting, Advisory Group members reviewed FAO’s work in FLR over the past year...
Join the online forum “Innovative approaches for Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration”
13/10/2017
The newly established Community of Practice on Forest and Landscape Restoration will host its first online knowledge sharing forum in November and December 2017. During its first forum, the Community...
The launch of the project “Forest and Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Land Management in the Sahel”
25/03/2018
The initial meeting of the project “Forest and Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Land Management in the Sahel” was held in Niamey on 21-23 November 2017 with 50 delegates from Niger...
The 2017 Global Landscapes Forum
25/03/2018
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) launched a new and expanded phase in 2017, holding for the first time a stand-alone event at year-end. The forum was a success — more...
Innovative Approaches for Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration
26/03/2018
The newly established Community of Practice for Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR) hosted its inaugural online knowledge-sharing forum: “Innovative Approaches for Monitoring Forest and Landscape Restoration” with a webinar and...
Forest and Landscape Restoration in Selected Southeast Asian Countries
26/03/2018
On 5 and 6 December 2017, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, in collaboration with the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Forest Management Bureau (FMB),...
Good governance propels FLR in Carood Watershed in Bohol, Philippines
26/03/2018
Forests are integral to providing environmental, social and economic services to the people in the Philippines. Alarmingly, forest cover declined from 16.9 million hectares in 1934 to 8.04 million hectares...
Editorial
26/03/2018
Welcome to this latest edition of the FLR Mechanism newsletter. In this issue, we present outcomes from some events and processes that the FLR Mechanism has been supporting. These include: launch...
Unpacking the opportunities and gaps in financing FLR
02/07/2018
Around 50 representatives from forestry bureaus of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states, development organizations, research agencies and financial institutions met in Bangkok, Thailand, 8-9 March 2018...
Monitoring Forest & Landscape Restoration using Collect Earth
09/07/2018
Baseline scenario in Rulindo District, Rwanda Rwanda’s dense and rapidly increasing population, the steep topography of the country with associated soil erosion, as well as unfavorable climatic conditions have caused significant...