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MeetingMeeting documentConcept Note on Climate Change Impact on Forests of Central Asia Conference 2021
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No results found.For the biennium 2020-2021, FAO REU and FAO SEC agreed under the Regional initiative (RI) 3 inter alia on delivery of the regional results related to • Strengthening of capacities of the technical networks in the region in adoption and promotion of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBSs) in the agriculture and forestry sectors supportive of the Sustainable Natural Resource Management under changing climate (RI3 Result identification number 12565), To deliver on this result, the following milestone is inter alia subject of implementation by FAO SEC in 2021: • Development of Guidelines on Sustainable Forest Management under the Impact of Climate Change in Central Asia - implications for practitioners (milestone identification number 13037), including organization of a Conference on Climate Change Impact on Forests of Central Asia, preparation of the Conference proceedings, and using the synthesis of the Proceedings to produce the Guidelines. The overall objective of the milestones is to provide the FAO Member States with best practice examples to enable them to work together in support of common development objectives. In particular, these examples will promote local, cost-effective, and proven solutions. Such solutions can be helpful for capacity development in other FAO Members. This overall objective also expects that the impact of the milestones will lead to improved policies in support of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), outcomes will enhance progress in reaching common development objectives and outputs will strengthen capacities of government officials in given technical areas on policy and strategy development. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookClimate change impacts on twenty major crop pests in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Southeastern Europe 2021This research report for a regional study on the impacts of climate change on the spread of pests contributes to FAO’s normative work, as a milestone for 2020–2021 under the Regular Programme. The year 2020 was designated by the United Nations as the as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), with the aim of reducing crop loss from pests, which is estimated at 40 percent. In the current report, agricultural pests as any organism harmful to plants, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, nematodes, insects, etc are defined by the authors. We include those that cause direct damage as well as disease-causing organisms. Climate change is projected to worsen crop losses by another 10–25 percent, which in some regions would emanate from associated pests. Central Asia, the Caucasus and Southeastern Europe are under the research area.
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DocumentOther documentReview of methodology on climate change impact and vulnerability assessment for application to the forest sector in Republic of Korea: The first step for mainstreaming adaptation in forest sector
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.As the two laws, The Framework Act on Agriculture and Fisheries, Rural Community and Food Industry and The Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act, were revised in 2015 and 2019, respectively, the Korean government made it mandatory for Korea Forest Service to report the results of climate change impact and vulnerability assessment on forest sector. For implementing the above duty, the National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS) has categorized the forest sector to eighteen detailed sectors and established monitoring framework to assess the climate change impacts since 2015.
This study aims to develop appropriate methodology and framework for assessment of climate change impact and vulnerability on forest sector in Korea by reviewing what the NIFoS has conducted in comparison with the previous cases in the USA, Canada and the UK. To achieve this, this study first clarifies the ultimate goals of assessment and categorizes assessment areas for each detailed sector. Then, by reviewing the major factors on vulnerability assessment used in the Adaptation Partners Frameworks (USA), the Climate Change Response Framework (USA), the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers Framework (Canada), and the Climate Change Risk Assessment (UK), this study draws the possible stepwise check list with the hope of producing appropriate results on climate change impact and vulnerability which can be utilized in the stage of mainstreaming adaptation in forest sector. The tentative framework drawn from this study contains the considerations about where we need to go and how to go for achieving adaptation.
This study is expected to contribute to establish the essential basis for supporting decision making for finding actual tools to conserve and enhance forest ecosystem services and sustain life of human being under climate change pressure. Keywords: Climate change, Adaptive and integrated management, Monitoring and data collection, Policies, Sustainable forest management ID: 3621974
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookPeatland mapping and monitoring
Recommendations and technical overview
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No results found.Integration of peatlands into land-use monitoring systems is central to the conservation of their carbon storage – be they conserved, degraded or restored. Healthy peatlands mitigate climate change, enhance adaptive capacity and maintain ecosystem services and biodiversity. Albeit peatlands are starting to receive a high level of attention and the scientific basis for their monitoring has quickly developed over the last few years. Robust and practical approaches and tools for developing and integrating peatland-monitoring into national monitoring and reporting frameworks is an important opportunity for countries to limit global warming to 2 °C. -
Book (stand-alone)ProceedingsEmpowering women in small-scale fisheries for sustainable food systems
Regional Inception Workshop 3–5 March 2020. Accra, Ghana
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No results found.In March 2020, a regional inception workshop was held in Ghana a project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) entitled Enhancing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to food security and sustainable livelihoods through better policies, strategies and initiatives. This is the report from the workshop. The project promotes the application of the principles of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines) in FAO member countries and regions. The project end date was originally in December 2019 but was extended for another year into 2020 to focus on the issue of empowering women in fisheries for sustainable food systems. Accordingly, the project will support women in small-scale fisheries, particularly in the postharvest sector, with a view to improving food security and nutrition and promoting gender equality. In 2020, related activities will begin in Ghana, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania. The project will also support sharing lessons learned and good practices, and it will help to strengthen institutional structures at the regional and global levels. -