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ArticleJournal articleWho visited urban forests and trails more or less during the COVID-19 pandemic and why? A case study in Salt Lake City, UT, USA
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.While the COVID-19 pandemic caused a decrease in travel and social activities, there was an exception—travel to parks and trails. Urban residents needed refuge to relax, exercise, and socialize. Nevertheless, trips to parks and trails vary by socio-demographic characteristics, disadvantageous to those having health issues or low-income. Without appropriate community design and planning interventions, such conditions may worsen existing environmental injustice and health issues. This study explores the demographic profile of those who used urban parks and trails more or less during the COVID-19 pandemic in Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Data comes from an online and intercept survey with 4,325 responses and focus groups with 52 participants. Quantitative analyses show that park and trail use during the pandemic decreased among older adults, females, homeowners, and low- income households. Also, people living in a denser, more walkable, and more park/trail accessible neighborhood likely increased their visitations.Our qualitative analysis further examines how residents feel about their use of parks and trails during the pandemic and how they would improve them in the future. Respondents in disadvantaged neighborhoods felt safe visiting parks, highlighting the value of urban nature as a resilience infrastructure and community asset during a crisis. This study presents transformative ideas to engage communities and promote stewardship, which are relevant to cities looking into the New Normal. Keywords: green space; equity; health; SARS-CoV-2; urban forest; urban planning ID: 3614623 -
ArticleJournal articleNatural resource managers adapt to disturbance: Understanding and strengthening public land management and civic stewardship across both rural and urban forests during the COVID-19 pandemic
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.In addition to the devastating impacts on human health and the economy, COVID-19 is changing the way people interact with public lands such as forests, parks, and green spaces. Land managers have adapted practices in real-time to a changing reality. Establishing new field protocols, managing workforce capacity issues, responding to unprecedented demand, and reimagining the way the public is served through events and programs are some of the adaptations managers are making to ensure use and access to public lands. Many community-based partners have managed to adapt during this time of crisis to support public lands in cities, towns, and rural areas. These ‘green responders’ are known to be effective and adaptive across geographies and cultures; yet capacity to respond can be uneven and inequitable. To better understand what drives adaptation and ‘green response’ to disturbance, we pose the question: How do public land managers, civic environmental groups, and governance networks adapt to the COVID-19 disturbance in their environmental stewardship? Drawing upon semi-structured interviews (n=70) with USDA Forest Service managers in the northeastern United States, municipal park managers at the New York City Parks Department, and civic stewardship groups in New York City, we advance policy-relevant knowledge about networks and adaptation. We 1) identify the emergence of new groups, the transformation of partnerships, and the shifts in flows of information and resources across networks, and 2) share best practices and creative solutions during the pandemic. By documenting how natural resource managers responded to the first six months of the pandemic starting in March 2020, this study builds understanding of how adaptation can strengthen resilience to future disturbances. This work builds upon scholarship that has examined stewardship in the wake of acute and chronic disturbances including terrorism, hurricanes, wildfires, and pest invasions. Keywords: COVID-19; land management; civic stewardship; adaptation; partnerships ID: 3485900 -
ArticleJournal articleThe potential cure for COVID-19: The role of medicinal non wood forestal products and the promising public policies for its use in pandemics times
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.A new coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) had shocked our economy and our lives causing panic and chaos since February 2020. This novel disease locked us down at home and collapsed the Health System in Bolivia which caused thousands of deaths for the lack of prompt attention. This situation drove unprotected population to seek for alternative treatments under the favorable legislation for Ancestral Traditional Medicine using Non-Wood Forest Products, plants and trees. Traditional Medicine had been an alternative treatment for human diseases for centuries and its practices were transmitted by person to person. Nowadays, in the emergence of this new disease, the scientific research had noted that some NWFP and parts of plants and trees had striking effects on respiratory diseases such as SARS, MERS and SARS-CoV2. These studies showed promising results in inhibiting, preventing and coating against the new coronavirus with a wide variety of preparations and presentations. To show the latest research on Alternative Medicine, an accurate scientific literature review was made that allowed the classification in three Groups: (10) to prevent infection and enhance immunity, (14) essential oils for vaporization and (3) antiviral coating. On the Bolivian scenario, there are two groups of medicinal plants for respiratory diseases. The group of Infusions is composed by 21 species from 14 families. The group of vaporization is composed by 4 species from 4 families. Furthermore, the legal enabling environment in the Bolivian scenario with the Law No 459 Ancestral Traditional Medicine and the Alternative Treatment for the COVID-19 disease with Non Wood Forestal Products and parts of plants are novel public policies for all Bolivians. Keywords: Non Wood Forestal Products, Respiratory diseases, Ancestral Traditional Medicine, favorable legal frameworks ID: 3481420
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DocumentOther document52 Profiles on Agroecology: Agroecology for Sustainable Agriculture in Trinidad: Rocrops Agrotec – an innovative model 2017
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No results found.Rocrops is a smallholder farm established in 1990 in Trinidad. The farm’s development has revolved around an integrated system of agroecology practices to rehabilitate degraded heavy clay soils for horticultural and agricultural production, with minimum external inputs in an economically sound and environmentally friendly manner. The goal is to promote sustainable agricultural techniques and practices with the potential to contribute to rural development and food security of Trinidad and Tobago. -
Book (stand-alone)GuidelineBiodiversity and the livestock sector - Guidelines for quantitative assessment
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No results found.The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on biodiversity, hereafter called Biodiversity TAG, is composed of 25 international experts in ecology, biodiversity indicators, agronomy, life cycle assessment, livestock production systems, and environmental science. Their backgrounds, complementary between systems and regions, allowed them to understand and address different perspectives. The aim of the methodology developed in these guidelines is to introduce a harmonized international approach for assessing the impacts of livestock on biodiversity. The livestock sector is a major user of natural resources (land in particular) and an important contributor to pollution (e.g. causing nutrient losses, increasing greenhouse gas emissions), which makes it one of the sectors with the highest impact on biodiversity. At the same time, livestock production is one of the few sectors with not only negative but also positive impacts on biodiversity; therefore, the sector can pull two levers to improve its biodiversity performance – mitigate harm and maximize benefits. Many environmental assessments of the livestock sector have not addressed biodiversity because of its intrinsic complexity. These guidelines strive to include biodiversity in environmental assessments, in order to increase the understanding of the impacts of livestock on biodiversity and to reveal possible synergies or trade-offs with other environmental criteria or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Several indicators in these guidelines are also of relevance for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookPolítica de igualdad de género de la FAO
Alcanzar las metas de seguridad alimentaria en la agricultura y el desarrollo rural
2013La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) considera la igualdad de género como un elemento central que le permite cumplir con su mandato de alcanzar la seguridad alimentaria para todos y todas a través de mejorar los niveles de nutrición, optimizar la productividad agrícola y el manejo de recursos naturales, así como mejorar los niveles de vida de la población rural. La FAO podrá alcanzar sus objetivos siempre y cuando trabaje de manera simultánea por la equidad de género y apoye los diferentes papeles que juegan las mujeres en la agricultura y el desarrollo rural. La igualdad de género no es solo un medio esencial mediante el cual la FAO puede cumplir su mandato, es también un derecho humano fundamental. Para la consecución de sus metas, la FAO tiene el mandato del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) de promover y respetar los derechos humanos y la equidad de género, así como trabajar de manera que contribuya a su realización, enfrentando las causas de las violaciones a los derechos humanos, incluyendo la discriminación hacia las mujeres y las niñas. La Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos (UDHR) es el documento principal que reconoce formalmente los derechos humanos universales, y la Convención para la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación contra la Mujer, CEDAW por sus siglas en inglés, constituye el documento central en cuestión de la igualdad de género. La CEDAW obliga a los gobiernos a promover, salvaguardar y alcanzar la igualdad de derechos de hombres y mujeres en sus respectivas jurisdicciones. El logro progresivo del principio de igualdad sustantiva que establece la CEDAW requiere tanto acciones para conseguir la igualdad de oportunidades entre hombres y mujeres, como corregir las desigualdades de poder existentes entre estos. Dado que los papeles de mujeres y hombres son construcciones sociales que se perpetuán mediante la cultura patriarcal, la CEDAW estipula que los Estados partes tienen la obligación de adoptar todas las medidas adecuadas para modificar los estereotipos y patrones socioculturales existentes y eliminar los prejuicios y las prácticas culturales basadas en ideas sexistas.