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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetPoster / banner / roll-up / folderForests and wood products propelling a low-carbon future. Poster
Integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies
2016Also available in:
No results found.The FAO Forestry Paper 177 ‘Forestry for a low-carbon future: Integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies’ released in July 2016 was produced through the online collaboration of 113 experts worldwide. This Forestry paper provides illustrations of how trees in a "virtuous cycle" not only remove carbon during their life time but continue to store it in wood products. The Forestry Paper’s approach of integratin g forests and wood products based mitigation is unique and relevant in the context of cross-sectoral approaches in the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. Forests are mentioned in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions to mitigation of more than 100 countries. Value chains of wood, for example wood-based building materials and biomass for energy, help to avoid fossil fuel emissions through substitution effects. Such roles of sustainably-produced wood are less-recognized widely, but are equally significant for mitigation as made clearer in this Forestry Paper. The Forestry paper indicates how households and consumers can contribute to mitigation through the use of sustainably-sourced wood and thereby help to expand a low-carbon economy. Interest in the publication is expected to grow beyond policymakers and climate change experts to engineers, architects and designers, where it could serve as an important resource for planning and energy sect or development. The booklet ‘Forests and wood products propelling a low carbon future’ showcases some key messages from the Forestry paper using infographics. -
DocumentOther documentForestry for a low-carbon future
Background papers
2017Also available in:
No results found.FAO Forestry Paper 177, Forestry for a low-carbon future: Integrating forests and wood products in climate change strategies, presented the range of mitigation options available in the forest sector. It explored the mitigation potential, opportunities and challenges for five broad options: expanding forest and tree cover, reducing deforestation and preventing forest loss through REDD+, changing forest management practices, improving and using wood energy, and promoting the use of wood for greener building and furnishing. The present publication contains the background papers that informed that Forestry Paper, authored by the experts who contributed to the Forestry Paper. They have been only moderately edited (e.g. for style and clarity). The analytical studies are shown in Part 1. Case studies provided by contributors, but not included extensively in the Forestry Paper, are in Part 2. -
MeetingMeeting documentForests and climate change: Progress since Paris, financing climate action and other emerging issues. Secretariat note of the Twenty-seventh session of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC)
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23-27 October 2017
2017Also available in:
No results found.The Paris Agreement (December 2015) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) makes reference to the importance of conserving and enhancing carbon sinks and reservoirs and highlights the special role of forests in this regard.
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ProjectProgramme / project reportArgentina REDD-plus RBP for results period 2014-2016 (within the framework of the GCF Pilot Programme for REDD+ Results-based Payments)
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DocumentOther documentPractical guidance for peatland restoration monitoring in Indonesia
A remote sensing approach using FAO-SEPAL platform
2021Also available in:
This technical document is intended to give an overview of the use of several remote sensing tools produced by FAO for peatland restoration monitoring in Indonesia. At the core of these tools is the Soil Moisture Mapping (SMM) module in the FAO System for Earth Observation Data Access, Processing and Analysis for Land Monitoring (SEPAL). The Soil Moisture Mapping module was first created using available free, global satellite datasets and meteorological observations to retrieve soil moisture worldwide based on the algorithms developed by Greifeneder et al. 20191. To interpret the soil moisture mapping results, this report shows step-by-step followed methodologies for: the selection of available field data for validation; the study of land cover physical properties in the Indonesian landscape that have an influence on the correct interpretation of the product; and detecting, characterizing, and monitoring land cover change within time series (BFAST). The aim is to provide practical guidance to perform peatland monitoring analysis and strengthen capacities of practitioners and institutions in charge of peatland management, monitoring and reporting with the help of tools on SEPAL. This builds on the report “Peatland mapping and monitoring: recommendations and technical overview” (FAO, 2020). The guidance focuses on the description step by step of FAO peatland monitoring tools, showing its advantages and limitations. It also contains summaries of peatland ecology and condition for its assessment with remote sensing products. This document offers recommendations to interpret the results and integrate them into national monitoring frameworks. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical reportA review of land tenure issues and options for the future – FAO Indonesia report 2020
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No results found.An overview of Indonesia covers the intersection between social and demographic issues and land and natural resources, an assessment of the legal/policy framework, and institutions. The document presents conclusions on achieving an improved land governance system. The document begins with a brief overview of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) and related international frameworks such as the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI) and Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). An overview of Indonesia today includes the intersection between social and demographic issues and land and natural resources before the document moves on to the legal and policy framework and a discussion of the institutional structure. The document then looks at the status of implementation of different national programs in terms of their targets and achievements to date.