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MeetingPreparation of a Long-Term Strategy for the Forest Resource Assessment Programme 2011
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Book (series)Sustainable management of logged tropical forests in the Caribbean to ensure long-term productivity 2021
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No results found.To facilitate sustainable management of logged forests in the Caribbean, forest authorities of Belize, Guyana, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, jointly with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the University of Hamburg as a scientific partner, implemented the regional project “Ensuring Long-Term Productivity of Lowland Tropical Forests in the Caribbean” financed by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The main objective of the project was to support the sustainable management of logged forests to maintain productivity and prevent further degradation. For this purpose, extensive field studies were conducted in the project countries, which resulted in silvicultural recommendations presented in this publication. The project findings revealed that the application of general sustainable forest management protocols for tropical production forests that set limits on harvesting does not necessarily ensure sustained productivity if the composition and management of the residual stand are not considered. The ratio of the number of harvested trees to the remaining future crop trees can provide a simple indicator of the sustainability of harvest. If the current harvest exceeds the number of future crop trees, the harvest is not sustainable. As a rule of thumb, at least one, preferably two future crop trees per harvested tree should be retained for future use. Protection of future crop trees can be a simple and practical approach to prevent high grading and degradation of the forest growing stock. The importance of reduced impact logging to reduce unnecessary damage to the future crop trees and for sustainable forest management, in general, is stressed. -
ProjectContributing to the Long-Term Goal of Ensuring Plant Health Globally - GCP/GLO/424/EC 2024
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No results found.The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The emphasis of the year was on increasing awareness among the public and policy-makers of the importance of healthy plants and the need to protect them in order to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In this context, the Assembly invited FAO, in collaboration with the IPPC, to serve as the lead agency to spearhead activities, and called on governments, civil society and the private sector to engage at global, regional and national levels. One of the key global events envisaged on the theme of plant health was the first International Plant Health Conference (IPHC). Following Finland’s withdrawal as host of the event due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland confirmed its willingness to host the conference in September 2022. The event aimed to address new and emerging challenges such as the impact of climate change impact, the increase in international trade, the rapid loss of biodiversity and new pest pathways such as e-commerce. It also explored more efficient policies, structures and mechanisms at the national, regional and global levels to address these issues.
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