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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Irrigation scheduling: From theory to practice. Proceedings 1996
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Book (stand-alone)Guidelines on the Implementation of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to Combat the Negative Impact of Climate Change on Forestry
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
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No results found.Climate change is one of the most critical social and environmental concerns and the biggest threat to economic stability in human history. Türkiye, Azerbaijan, and Central Asia countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, are vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change. Although average forest cover is only 10.2 percent of these countries (FAO-SEC countries), they play an essential role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, including human well-being and biodiversity co-benefits. The NbS concept has gained attention since the late 2000s. Its practical contribution to global climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts has found significant implementation opportunities in forestry to support the protection and conservation, restoration and expansion, and sustainable management of forests under the impact of climate change. Globally, implementing NbSs to combat the negative impact of climate change on forestry is promoted by the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Paris Agreement, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Regionally, implementing NbSs to combat the negative impacts of climate change on forestry has been included in the forest policy initiatives of the countries in the sub-region recently. As a result, governments have implemented NbSs through national strategies and programs to address societal challenges by enhancing ecosystem services and promoting human well-being and biodiversity co-benefits. For example, Azerbaijan has implemented afforestation, reforestation, rehabilitation, and restoration activities in forest fund lands on an average of 9 727 hectares (ha) annually since 2000. Kazakhstan aims to save the Aral Sea basin from salinity and improve soil fertility through afforestation activities of saxaul species on 0.25 million ha, and the afforestation area in the Aral Sea will be extended by 1 million ha till 2025. Kyrgyzstan has planned a 1,000-ha annual plantation program to expand protected natural areas to 10 percent. Tajikistan implements 2,000 ha of annual plantation activities to increase the greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation potential through participatory forestry sector development. Türkiye implemented afforestation, soil conservation, forest rehabilitation, pasture rehabilitation, private afforestation, artificial regeneration, and establishment of energy forests activities on 9.62 million ha from 1946 to 2022. Turkmenistan conducts afforestation activities with drought-resistant plant species and established the "Golden Century Lake" in the Karakum Desert to improve the climate conditions and conserve biodiversity. Uzbekistan declared the Aral Sea region -
Book (series)Report of the Regional Workshop on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in Central Asia: Status and Development Prospects. Beymelek, Turkey, 11–14 December 2007. / ????? ? ???????????? ??????????? ?? ??????? ????????? ? ???????????? ?? ?????????? ???????? ??????????? ????: ?????? ? ??????????? ????????. ????????, ??????, 11–14 ??????? 2007 ?. 2008
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No results found.The Regional Workshop on Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture in Central Asia: Status and Development Prospects (Beymelek, Demre, Antalya, Turkey, 11–14 December 2007) was jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Turkey (MARA), the Turkish International Cooperation Agency (TICA) and FAO, and held at the Mediterranean Fisheries Research, Production and Training Institute (AKSAM). In cooperation with the country participants, the Workshop aimed to elaborate the basis for a joint MARA, FAO and TICA strategic programme for fisheries and aquaculture development in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Regional Workshop was attended by 35 participants from the five Central Asian countries, MARA and TICA representatives, university professors from various universities in Turkey, private-sector representatives, as well as MARA and FAO resource persons. Outcomes of the meeting were, inter alia, the exchange among representatives of the Central Asian countries of experiences on fisheries and aquaculture development constraints and opportunities, and increased awareness on the common goals to increase sustainable development of the sector and on the need for regional collaboration in fisheries and aquaculture.
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