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DocumentForests and climate change in the Asia-Pacific Region 2010
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No results found.This publication is one of a series of publications produced by the Forests and Climate Change Programme of FAO in an effort to strengthen countries’ capacities to mitigate and adapt to climate change through actions consistent with sustainable forest management. The primary objective of this study is to provide an overview of the actual and potential impact of climate change on forests and forest dependent people in the Asia-Pacific region, of climate change mitigation opportunities i n the forestry sector, and of needs for effective national and regional responses. The study examines the major issues and developments related to climate change impacts and responses in the region as regards forests and highlights related opportunities for regional action to address gaps and needs. FAO is working through its Regional Forestry Commissions as well as other regional and sub-regional processes to encourage regional cooperation in the area of forests and climate change. This publication is intended to provide a point of departure for identifying and catalyzing regional action to complement and enhance national efforts. The publication will be of interest to specialists and policy-makers in forestry and climate change in the Asia Pacific region as well as forest managers, students and general audiences interested in learning more about forests and climate change in the region. -
Book (stand-alone)Climate change and the forest sector
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No results found.Forest managers face two basic concerns linked to human-induced climate change. One is adaptation: Can forest managers reduce the damage to forests from climate change? The other is mitigation: Can forest managers help reduce climate change itself? Forestry harbours this possibility via conservation of forests, via management of forests as carbon sinks to offset greenhouse gases emitted elsewhere, through its capacity to produce renewable, carbon-neutral energy, and through its products, which n ot only store carbon for appreciable times but can substitute for high-energy materials. This paper addresses mitigation. -
DocumentForests, climate and Kyoto 2005The Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) came into force in February 2005 a signal for moving climate change decisions out of the conference room and into practice. The next years will hold a wealth of challenges and opportunities for the forest sector. This issue of Unasylva outlines many of them while storing in every copy the equivalent of the CO2 accumulated in 1 000 m3 of air since the beginning of the industrial era.
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