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ProjectFactsheetStrengthening the Enabling Environment to Promote Innovative Approaches to Sustainable Forest Management - TCP/CMB/3802 2024
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No results found.The institutional and policy framework supporting the development of the forestry sector in Cambodia plays a vital role in ensuring a coherent approach to addressing the overarching development goals of the sector, as defined in the National Protected Area Strategic Management Plan 2016-2030, the National Green Growth Roadmap and the National Forestry Programme 2010-2029. In order to achieve these goals, however, more efforts are needed. The current policy framework needs to be revisited and streamlined in order to enable modern and innovative approaches and result-oriented forestry initiatives to be identified, planned and implemented. In addition, greater coordinated inter-institutional and intersectoral collaboration is required to address the complex and multistakeholder forestry domain and to develop it into an informed, effective, well-structured and innovating area of work, including for private actors. -
ProjectFactsheetEnabling Improved Forest Management and Reduced Deforestation and Degradation - GCP/GLO/537/NOR 2022
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No results found.Deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries represent about 10 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, and pose a serious threat to global biodiversity, the livelihoods of millions of people, and key ecosystem services, such as the provision of clean water, materials, and prevention of soil erosion. Efforts to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, encourage restoration, and mitigate the effects of climate change depend on accurate and precise estimates of land cover and land use changes. Countries have been tasked with creating national forest monitoring systems capable of producing reliable statistics on the status and trend of forest area to track progress against nationally determined carbon emissions targets. However, many countries lack such systems and the barriers to create them (such as cost, data, computing power, skill sets) are many. Against this background, the project aimed to assist 13 selected countries in gaining full access to necessary remote sensing data, and to provide the knowledge and tools to process this data in useful information for sustainable forest management and reporting, to enable improved forest management and reduced deforestation and degradation. -
ProjectFactsheetImproving Forest Reference Emission Levels in Liberia for Global Reporting and Sustainable Forest Management - UTF/LIR/023/LIR 2021
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No results found.Liberia contains approximately 4.3 million hectares of lowland tropical forests, accounting for 43 percent of the Upper Guinean Forest, which has been recognized as a global biodiversity hotspot and a priority area for conservation. Although the Upper Guinean Forest has diminished to an estimated 14.3 percent of its original range, Liberia remains home to both evergreen lowland forests and semi deciduous mountain forests. In addition to hosting endemic animal species and over 2 000 flowering plants, forest landscapes are essential for providing ecosystem services and possess great potential for enhancing Liberia’s development. Moreover, the livelihoods of one third of Liberia’s population are dependent on forest products and ecosystem services. The international agreement on “Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus the sustainable management of forests, and the conservation and enhancement of forest carbon stocks,” more commonly known as REDD+, compensates countries for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Importantly, it has created an opportunity for Liberia to simultaneously ( i ) manage its forests for sustainable, long term economic growth, (ii) support the livelihoods of local and rural communities, and (iii) ensure that its national and global heritage is conserved. Liberia has committed to implementing REDD+ in the context of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). To fully participate in REDD+ and assess whether its actions are yielding the desired results, Liberia needs to evaluate its historical forest emissions and continue monitoring its Forest Reference Emissions Levels (FRELs) in the future.
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BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018. -
Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2021
Transforming food systems for food security, improved nutrition and affordable healthy diets for all
2021In recent years, several major drivers have put the world off track to ending world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. The challenges have grown with the COVID-19 pandemic and related containment measures. This report presents the first global assessment of food insecurity and malnutrition for 2020 and offers some indication of what hunger might look like by 2030 in a scenario further complicated by the enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes new estimates of the cost and affordability of healthy diets, which provide an important link between the food security and nutrition indicators and the analysis of their trends. Altogether, the report highlights the need for a deeper reflection on how to better address the global food security and nutrition situation.To understand how hunger and malnutrition have reached these critical levels, this report draws on the analyses of the past four editions, which have produced a vast, evidence-based body of knowledge of the major drivers behind the recent changes in food security and nutrition. These drivers, which are increasing in frequency and intensity, include conflicts, climate variability and extremes, and economic slowdowns and downturns – all exacerbated by the underlying causes of poverty and very high and persistent levels of inequality. In addition, millions of people around the world suffer from food insecurity and different forms of malnutrition because they cannot afford the cost of healthy diets. From a synthesized understanding of this knowledge, updates and additional analyses are generated to create a holistic view of the combined effects of these drivers, both on each other and on food systems, and how they negatively affect food security and nutrition around the world.In turn, the evidence informs an in-depth look at how to move from silo solutions to integrated food systems solutions. In this regard, the report proposes transformative pathways that specifically address the challenges posed by the major drivers, also highlighting the types of policy and investment portfolios required to transform food systems for food security, improved nutrition, and affordable healthy diets for all. The report observes that, while the pandemic has caused major setbacks, there is much to be learned from the vulnerabilities and inequalities it has laid bare. If taken to heart, these new insights and wisdom can help get the world back on track towards the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition in all its forms. -
MeetingMeeting documentInformal Consultation for Europe and Central Asia - Background Note Session 2 - IC/25/2 2025
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