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Book (stand-alone)Technical reportReport of Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission Twenty-sixth session 2016
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No results found.Approximately 200 participants, including delegates from 28 member countries and one United Nations organization; representatives from 2 non-member countries and 22 regional and international inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. The heads of forestry from 18 member countries participated. (The Commission was convened as the core event of Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, which attracted more than 1300 participants and included 70 events organized by FAO and partner organizations.) The Commission discussed and assessed technical and policy issues and trends of relevance to forestry in the region aiming to develop and advance mechanisms for regional and sub-regional cooperation in addressing forestry problems, and to advise FAO on policy formulation and on priorities for its forestry programmes in the region.
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Book (stand-alone)FlagshipThe State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 2007The wise management of the world’s agricultural biodiversity is becoming an ever greater challenge for the international community. The livestock sector in particular is undergoing dramatic changes as large-scale production expands in response to surging demand for meat, milk and eggs. A wide portfolio of animal genetic resources is crucial to adapting and developing our agricultural production systems. Climate change and the emergence of new and virulent animal diseases underline the need to re tain this adaptive capacity. For hundreds of millions of poor rural households, livestock remain a key asset, often meeting multiple needs, and enabling livelihoods to be built in some of the world’s harshest environments. Livestock production makes a vital contribution to food and livelihood security, and to meeting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. It will be of increasing significance in the coming decades. And yet, genetic diversity is under threat. The reported rate of breed extinctions is of great concern, but it is even more worrying that unrecorded genetic resources are being lost before their characteristics can be studied and their potential evaluated. Strenuous efforts to understand, prioritize and protect the world’s animal genetic resources for food and agriculture are required. Sustainable patterns of utilization must be established. Traditional livestock keepers – often poor and in marginal environments – have been the stewards of much of our animal geneti c diversity. We should not ignore their role or neglect their needs. Equitable arrangements for benefit-sharing are needed, and broad access to genetic resources must be ensured. An agreed international framework for the management of these resources is crucial.
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DocumentOther documentAfricover - Land Cover Classification 1997
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No results found.The publication aims at presenting the actual status of the land cover classification system of the AFRICOVER project, as adopted by the international working group on "Land cover legend and classification". The first part is composed of a technical document describing the main concepts and justifications of the basic classification system, as well as a presentation of main definition used. The second part is the proceeding of the seminar of Saly, Senegal. The third part is a presentation throug h a series of color plates of the architecture of the classification system, revised after the recommendations of the Saly seminar. -
Book (series)Technical reportCoping with water scarcity
An action framework for agriculture and food security
2012This report aims to provide a conceptual framework to address food security under conditions of water scarcity in agriculture. It has been prepared by a team of FAO staff and consultants in the framework of the project `Coping with water scarcity: the role of agriculture?, and has been discussed at an Expert Consultation meeting organized in FAO, Rome in December 2009 on the same subject. It was subsequently edited and revised, taking account of discussions in the Expert Consultation and materia ls presented to the meeting. The document offers views on the conceptual framework on which FAO's water scarcity programme should be based, proposes a set of definitions associated with the concept of water scarcity, and indicates the main principles on which FAO should base its action in support to its member countries.