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MeetingRegional strategy and action plan for forest and landscape restoration. Secretariat note of the Twenty-seventh session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23-27 October 2017
2017Also available in:
No results found.Forests cover about 26 percent of the land area in the Asia-Pacific region and provide vital ecosystem services in support of agriculture, food security and nutrition, as well as playing a critical role in climate change mitigation and adaption. However, this vital role is being rapidly diminished due to massive degradation of forests and lands. Degradation of forests can have severe negative local impacts and far-reaching consequences, including soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, depletion of water, greenhouse gas emissions, dust storms, diminished livelihood opportunities and reduced yields of forest products and services. In recent years, landscape approaches to restoration have gained momentum and offer enormous opportunities. The concept is based on the recognition that trees and forests comprise critical components of rural landscapes and that diversification at landscape levels can enhance ecological and socio-economic resilience. -
MeetingState of Forestry in Asia and the Pacific. Secretariat note of the Twenty-seventh session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23-27 October 2017
2017Also available in:
No results found.The Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) 2015 estimated total forest area in the Asia- Pacific region in 2015 to be 723 million hectares.1 This is an increase of 5 million hectares since 2010 and 20 million hectares since a low point of 703 million hectares recorded in 2000. However, this regional increase is the result of significant reforestation efforts in a few countries including China, India, the Philippines and Viet Nam. Many countries in the region are still experiencing significant forest loss. -
MeetingForestry in a new landscape: Secretariat note of the Twenty-seventh session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23-27 October 2017
2017Also available in:
No results found.The world is experiencing a number of complex and sometimes interrelated transitions, including moving toward new geopolitical and economic balances, toward more urbanized societies, toward unprecedented technological change and toward a lower carbon and more sustainable future. At the same time, the world is experiencing more frequent and more severe climate-related disasters as well as demands for social equity across many spheres – between rich and poor, between those who have benefited from globalization and those who have not, and across genders and among generations. These demands are being expressed with increasing intensity and are reflected in new political realities. The transitions have created a markedly different world compared to the turn of the millennium and even since the completion of the Asia-Pacific Forest Sector Outlook Study in 2010; thus the landscape that forestry operates in is both new and rapidly evolving. Meeting the challenge of managing forests and forestr y through these transitions and the risks they entail – including ensuring that forestry proactively contributes to shaping change – will require sound strategic thinking, wise investment and broad cooperation, among stakeholders and at international levels.
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