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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Technical bookCarbon Dioxide Offset Investment in the Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector - Opportunities and Constraints
Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia - GCP/RAS/154/NET
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No results found.Growing concern about the effects of climate change has led to increasing research, policy initiatives, and development of innovative programs and projects around the world. Developing policy, program and project measures that reduce human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (i.e., CO2, N20 and chlorofluorocarbons [CFCs]) are of particular interest. Storing carbon in trees and forests is one option for offsetting the gases released by fossil fuel burning, and for mitigating the potential effects of global warming. Under the Kyoto Protocol negotiated in December 1997, recognition is given to this option. Countries that have agreed to specific greenhouse gas emission limits will be eligible to receive credit for certain domestic forestry and land-use activities that increase the storage of carbon in sinks. Moreover, under the Kyoto Protocol, countries will be able to earn emission reduction credits by carrying out collaborative carbon-storage activities in other countries. These credits, in turn, can be used to "offset" greenhouse gas emissions in their home countries to partially meet emission reduction commitments. In this report "carbon offset" project activities are referred to as certified Emission Reduction Credits (ERC). Numerous issues related to the new international negotiations and agreements remain unclear, however. Many questions remain over the economics, politics, and mechanisms under which the new agreements will be implemented. Nonetheless, it is a pparent that forestry could play a significant role in the global strategy for mitigating the threat of global climate change. This report discusses opportunities and constraints in forest sector ERC projects in the Asia-Pacific Region. -
No Thumbnail AvailableDocumentOther documentForestry and environment 1990The growing concern for the environment has been paralleled by or even outdistanced by preoccupation with the future of the world's forest resources; commitment to the principles of the Tropical Forestry Action Plan by more than 70 developing countries is strong testimony. In this issue, Unasylva examines a number of aspects of the relationship between forestry and the environment. One of the most widely discussed environmental issues is the prospect of global climate change. K. Andrasko, a part icipant in a recent FAO Expert Consultation on forests and climate change, considers the current state of understanding about this complex interrelationship. A related article by B. Kyrklund explores the potential of industrial forestry to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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No Thumbnail AvailableDocumentOther documentUrban and peri-urban forestry 1993This issue of Unasylva analyses the urban forestry situation and considers its potential for increasing living standards in different urban settings.
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Book (stand-alone)Flagship2015–16年农产品市场状况
贸易与粮食安全：更好地平衡国家重点与集体利益
2015全球农产品和粮食产品贸易已在最近几十年取得快速增长，各国作为出口或进口方越来越多地参与这一贸易进程。这种趋势预计将在今后几十年中持续。因此，贸易将在全球各区域对粮食安全的程度和性质产生越来越重要的影响。我们面临的挑战就是确保农产品贸易的扩大能对消除饥饿、粮食不安全和营养不良起到促进作用，而不是阻碍作用。 本版《农产品市场状况》旨在缓解目前各方在农产品贸易对粮食安全产生的影响以及如何管理农产品贸易以确保贸易开放度的增加能惠及所有国家等问题上出现的观点两极分化现象。本书通过就一系列话题举证和说明，努力促成各方就政策选择开展有实证依据的辩论，并在政策选择过程中努力实现必要的改进。 -
IndexesLibrary Classified Catalogue (2)/ Bibliothèque de catalogues systématiques (2) 1948
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No results found.The Protocol of 8-9 July 1946 relative to the dissolution of the International Institute of Agriculture, transferred the functions and assets of the said Institute to FAO. Of these assets, the Library is unquestionably the most outstanding and is a lasting record of the Institute's work and its achievement in the field of agriculture. This catalogue will undoubtedly contribute towards a better knowledge of this international Library. This volume in its present form, represents the systematic card-index, by subject of the Brussels Decimal Classification, in French and English, and it's supplemented by the general alphabetical index of authors.
This is Part 2 of 4 - Books - section Pure Sciences, Applied Sciences, Hygiene, Fine Arts, Literature, History, Geography and Biography.
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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Training materialPlanning in government forest agencies how to balance forest use and conservation: agenda for training workshop. 1998
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No results found.The purpose of planning for forestry development is to establish a workable framework for forest use and conservation which incorporates the economic, social and environmental dimensions on a sustainable basis. The framework is about creating a shared vision of how forests will be used and protected. This can be summed up in a single central question: Trees and forests for whom and for what? The question is not new but what is new is the perception that so many different groups have an interest in the reply. Forestry planning has traditionally been mainly concerned with the production of timber for industry and other wood products, and with forest industry development. Planning for environmental goals also has a long history but was largely restricted to designated areas for exclusive conservation. National forestry development agencies were essentially responsible for the sustained yield management on protected public forest lands and for reserved forests. The term "sustained yield " was mostly limited to wood production and therefore excluded the majority of other forest products and services. Although most forestry agencies have made progress towards multiple-use management, planning remains often biased towards timber in a wide range of countries. Many of the actions taken in order to stimulate forestry development in the immediate failed to sustain the momentum of growth in the longer term. Short term achievements sometimes resulted in degradation or destruction of the stock of natural capital needed in order to maintain growth in the future or reduced options for future end uses by degrading the forest capital.