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International Seminar on ‘Improving Collection and Use of Data on the Socioeconomic Benefits from Forests and Trees’

Year of publication 2016

Pages 2p.

Author Illias Animon

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) As detailed in FAO’s State of the World’s Forests (SOFO) 2014, forests and trees contribute in multiple ways to human welfare. However, quantifying these socioeconomic benefits remains a challenge. Harmonized methodologies are needed to generate consistent and reliable forest-related socioeconomic statistics to enable time-series analysis to enhance the understanding of how forests and trees contribute to sustainable development. Efforts are therefore essential to strengthen the assessment of th eir socioeconomic contributions more completely and reliably so that they could be better convincing and visible to key decision makers.

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