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ArticleJournal articleLand tenure governance approaches that tackle policy incoherence, secure rights, improve livelihoods, and maintain forests: Replicable and scalable lessons from a grassroot experience in Honduras
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Insecure forest tenure can hamper even the most exemplary community forestry management initiatives. This paper describes and reflects on the case study of the Villa Santa Agroforestry Cooperative, a community organization located in eastern Honduras. Due to policy incoherence, the public forest area concessioned to them since the 1970's was later subjected to land privatization-individual titling schemes based on Agrarian Reform policies. This disrupted and fragmented the former collective tenure regime under which the Cooperative had well managed the forest. In 2012, the concession was almost revoked due to this situation threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of families that depended on it. Despite the challenging context, the institutional leadership and commitment shown by a renewed forest administration and the Cooperative reverted this decision. In 2013, both entities initiated an ample Forest-Land Regularization Process that included the cadaster of all public and private plots and their right holders. Wide open consultations were held with stakeholders, including private land-owners who negotiated mechanisms to work with the Cooperative. As a result, a Public-Private Forest Management Plan was approved; an innovative scheme that remains to this day the only of its kind in Honduras. These processes enabled the Cooperative to attract investments from government, private sector and donors, including agroforestry schemes to restore degraded areas and diversify incomes. Also, transactional costs of traditional activities like pine resination have lowered, and thus continue to sustain communities' livelihoods in the midst of the COVID19 crisis. Further research is still needed to evaluate the scale of the impact and sustainability of the initiatives, but the initial outcomes show the need to escalate its lessons and good practices to a renewed nation-wide community forestry policy that can better contribute to the SDG's livelihood and conservation objectives. Keywords: Forest tenure; Secure land rights; Collective land rights; Community-based forestry; Honduras ID: 3485859 -
ArticleJournal articleUnraveling the roots of mangrove governance: Sustainable management and evolving policies in Panama
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.Mangrove forests fulfill essential socio-ecological roles, such as providing timber and other forest products, protecting coasts against erosion and rising sea levels, supporting healthy fisheries, and fostering biodiversity. Within Latin America, Panama has experienced the highest rates of mangrove deforestation since 1980, despite the inclusion of a large extent of their mangrove forests in the National System of Protected Areas. Reasons reported for mangrove loss include noncompliance with regulations, limited multi-actor coordination, and growing trends of coastal development for industrial and commercial purposes. In response to these types of pressures, sustainable mangrove management (SMM) has emerged as an international policy objective (see the Bali Call to Action, 2017), aiming to address mangrove degradation and empower all relevant stakeholders to participate in governance processes. In this study we aim to advance international SMM policy dialogues, by learning from the challenges and opportunities associated with mangrove management in Panama. Findings suggest that SMM could benefit from a greater focus on strategies to enhance communication, collaboration, and trusting relationships between diverse stakeholders, as well as from a more cohesive vision for the sectoral uses of coastlines. Building on these findings, an analysis of Panama’s mangrove-specific policies is combined with insights drawn from key informant interviews with national-level mangrove policy actors to better understand the structural gaps and policy challenges. From the overlapping jurisdictions to competing management perspectives (conservation versus development), mangrove policies were found to be contradictory and fragmented. Potential strategies to overcome these challenges are discussed, and future research needs identified. Keywords: Collaborative governance; forest foods; wetland policy; Central America; tropical deforestation. ID: 3614496 -
ArticleJournal articleAnalysis of the evolution of deforestation in the State of Acre, in the Acre riverbasin, in buffer and permanent protected areas, from 1997 to 2017
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.The goal of this article is to quantify the area deforested up to 2017 and the evolution of deforestation over the last 20 years (1997-2017) in the state of Acre, with a closer look atthe categories oftheAcre River basin, alluvial forests buffer and legally protected riparianforests (APP) along the Acre River as well as the territorial categories of public areas and private or unincorporated areas. The Acre River Basin has great socioeconomic and environmentalrelevance for the state of Acre, concentrating 66.6% of the state's total population. It is connected by road with the Pacific, and contains 49 family farm settlement projects and has 36% of its area in protected areas. The results of the comparisons between the percentages of deforested areas and the evolution of deforestation in these categories shows that the APP and buffer of alluvial forests had the highest percentage of deforestedareas, with 48% and 45%, respectively. The evolution of deforestation in these areas nearthe Acre River also shows that it acted as a vector of deforestation, with private or unincorporated areas as the main drivers. Smallholder farmers in settlement projects had a deforestation pattern that increased with distance from the river, while the traditional populations of the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve and the indigenous populations of the Acre River Headland Indigenous Land had a pattern of greater deforestation closest to the river. Keywords: Amazon, Public and Private Areas, Riparian Forests, Vector of Deforstatiton. ID: 3622253
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
2021Also available in:
No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureGlobal Forest Resources Assessment 2020
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2020This publication contains the main findings of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020 (FRA 2020). The data in FRA 2020 have been obtained through a transparent, traceable, reporting process and a well- established network of officially nominated national correspondents. The information provided by FRA presents a comprehensive picture of the world's forests and the ways the resource is changing. Such a clear global picture supports the development of sound policies, practices and investements affecting forests and forestry.