Conference Agenda on Climate Change Impact on Forests of Central Asia

Abstract

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.