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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Report on the seminar on building confidence among forest certification schemes and their supporters 2001
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No results found.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the German aid agency GTZ, and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) hosted a seminar in Rome on 19-20 February to encourage improved dialogue and linkages between organisations that have an interest in forest certification. Voluntary certification of forest management and labelling of forest products is recognized as a potential tool for promoting sustainable forest management. However, many consider that th e proliferation of certification and/or labelling schemes that is occurring is inhibiting the process. Others do not share this view. Despite the differing views there have been increasing calls for efforts to achieve some degree of international comparability and to consider the equivalency of different certification schemes. FAO, GTZ, and ITTO sought to assist the process of understanding by bringing a wide range of stakeholders together to discuss their areas of agreement and of disagree ment, in the hope that this would increase the understanding and build confidence between them. The seminar aimed to improve dialogue and contact, clarify the positions of the different stakeholder groups, increase understanding, and initiate a broad-based dialogue, in order to encourage those involved with certification to work together. It also sought to extend discussions that had taken place at earlier meetings to a broader range of stakeholders, especially the developing countries and civil society in order to encourage greater co-operation. A central issue was the comparability and equivalence between credible forest certification schemes. -
ArticleConservation of green blue carbon ecosystem: Local perceptions and awareness on mangrove forest
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
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No results found.Management of blue carbon ecosystems including mangrove and seagrass beds is necessary to reduce the global carbon emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change, in addition to the managements of terrestrial forest ecosystem. The scheme of the REDD+, which is Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus the sustainable management of forests, and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks, has been used for the managements of different types of forests and related ecosystems. The concepts of REDD+ can be applied for the blue carbon ecosystems. In recent academic literatures, the discussion of the application of REDD+ is increasing, considering the characteristics of the management of blue carbon ecosystems. The management of blue carbon ecosystems need the various stakeholders’ collaboration, because they are in the border of different ecosystems including terrestrial and coastal ones, where different types of livelihoods and industries co-exist. To identify the status of discussions of REDD+ for blue carbon ecosystems, literature review on REDD+ and blue carbon ecosystem management was conducted by using quantitative text mining approaches. Regarding the local perceptions and awareness on mangrove forest, a case study in the Philippines was conducted. In concrete terms, household surveys to the locals in Eastern Samar were implemented to identify their perceptions and awareness. The analysis result can contribute to science-policy interface by providing the following information; resource utilization, level of awareness on ecosystem services and existing management plans, and perceptions on natural and anthropogenic threats. It reveals that social demography and level of awareness of the locals are factors which influence status of utilization of mangrove ecosystem services. Those result can be used as an evidence of policy making and facilitate the application of conservation schemes considering the local context of the study site. Keywords: blue carbon ecosystems; REDD+; perceptions; local stakeholders; conservation ID: 3486787 -
MeetingUganda Country Report on the Integration of Multiple Sources of Technical Assistance to Capacity Building on improving the Quality of Fish for Export
Conference Room Document proposed by Uganda
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No results found.1. Introduction 2. The ban of Uganda fish on international markets 3. Risk assessment 4. Impact of the ban on fish exports 5. Mitigation measures 6. Outcomes 7. Lessons learnt 8. Challenges 9. Proposed way forward
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