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ProjectEnhancing Global Forest Management through Improved Global Forest Information - GCP/GLO/665/EC 2023
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No results found.Forests ecosystems play a key role in the livelihoods of the world population, especially in developing countries, not only with respect to the environment, but also in terms of their contribution to broader social issues. In this context, FAO has been monitoring the world’s forests at five-to-ten year intervals since 1948. The Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) are now produced every five years, and describe the world’s forests and how they are changing. They are based on country reports compiled by officially nominated national correspondents (NCs) and their collaborators. The results of the last assessment preceding this project (FRA 2015) were published in September 2015. Since then, major global developments have taken place, increasingly highlighting the need for high-quality data to better understand forests’ role in climate change and their contribution to sustainable development. The European Union is a key partner of the FRA programmeand has been supporting the global assessments since FRA 2010. It provided financial support for the implementation of the FRA programme, and more specifically for the implementation of the FRA 2020 reporting cycle, through this project. The overall objective of the project was to contribute to sustainable development and livelihood sustenance through sustainable forest management. -
Book (stand-alone)South Asian forests and forestry to 2020
Subregional report of the second Asia-Pacific forestry sector outlook study
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No results found.In the 14 years since the first Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study was completed in 1998, the region has experienced tremendous change in nearly every aspect. These changes have been particularly profound in the forestry sector, especially in the context of increasing demands and expectations of society on forests and forestry. This report on South Asia summarizes the key findings and results collated under the second Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study - a comprehensive effort sp anning nearly four years and involving all the member countries of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission. Based on seven country outlook reports and numerous thematic studies, the report provides an assessment of developments in the South Asian forestry sector, linking it with larger societal changes. It gives an overview of the forestry sector, including the economic, social and ecological significance of forests and summarizes major developments, including changes in demand for forest products and ecosystem services, specifically highlighting resource constraints in the subregion. The publication analyses the key factors driving developments in the sector, scenarios that may unfold and how forests and forestry are likely to evolve to the year 2020. The report also outlines priorities and strategies to enhance forestry's contribution to societal well-being. -
ArticleCarbon emissions and removals from forests: new estimates, 1990–2020 2021
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No results found.National, regional and global CO2 emissions and removals from forests were estimated for the period 1990–2020 using as input the country reports of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020. The new Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates, based on a simple carbon stock change approach, update published information on net emissions and removals from forests in relation to (a) net forest conversion and (b) forest land. Results show a significant reduction in global emissions from net forest conversion over the study period, from a mean of 4.3 in 1991–2000 to 2.9 Gt CO2 yr−1 in 2016–2020. At the same time, forest land was a significant carbon sink globally but decreased in strength over the study period, from −3.5 to −2.6 Gt CO2 yr−1. Combining net forest conversion with forest land, our estimates indicated that globally forests were a small net source of CO2 to the atmosphere on average during 1990–2020, with mean net emissions of 0.4 Gt CO2 yr−1. The exception was the brief period 2011–2015, when forest land removals counterbalanced emissions from net forest conversion, resulting in a global net sink of −0.7 Gt CO2 yr−1. Importantly, the new estimates allow for the first time in the literature the characterization of forest emissions and removals for the decade just concluded, 2011–2020, showing that in this period the net contribution of forests to the atmosphere was very small, i.e., a sink of less than −0.2 Gt CO2 yr−1 – an estimate not yet reported in the literature. This near-zero balance was nonetheless the result of large global fluxes of opposite sign, namely net forest conversion emissions of 3.1 Gt CO2 yr−1 counterbalanced by net removals on forest land of −3.3 Gt CO2 yr−1. Finally, we compared our estimates with data independently reported by countries to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, indicating close agreement between FAO and country emissions and removals estimates. Data from this study are openly available via the Zenodo portal (Tubiello, 2020), with DOI https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3941973, as well as in the FAOSTAT (Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database) emissions database (FAO, 2021a).
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