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DocumentTowards food security and improved nutrition: increasing the contribution of forests and trees 2013The livelihoods of many rural poor are based on secure and equitable access to and control over land and forest resources. These resources are crucial for food security and nutrition and are important in a range of social, cultural and religious practices.
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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetInternational Seminar on ‘Improving Collection and Use of Data on the Socioeconomic Benefits from Forests and Trees’ 2016
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No results found.As detailed in FAO’s State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2014, forests and trees contribute in multiple ways to human welfare. However, quantifying these socioeconomic benefits remains a challenge. Harmonized methodologies are needed to generate consistent and reliable forest-related socioeconomic statistics to enable time-series analysis to enhance the understanding of how forests and trees contribute to sustainable development. Efforts are therefore essential to strengthen the assessment of th eir socioeconomic contributions more completely and reliably so that they could be better convincing and visible to key decision makers. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Biotechnology in forest tree improvement with special reference to developing countries 1994
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This document reports on the present state and future potential of biotechnologies in forest tree breeding, with special reference to their application in developing countries. It concludes that new technologies offer possibilities that will greatly facilitate the work of the tree breeder in the future, but stresses that potential gains can only be realized if the technologies are based on thorough biological, genetic and silvicultural knowledge of concerned species and applied within existing, sound tree-improvement programmes.
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