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#50152nd Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources (of the CGRFA) - ITWG-FRG (FAO)
21 - 25 January 2013, Rome, Italy
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#63530th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council
28 May - 2 June 2001, Yaounde, Cameroon
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#611431st Session North American Forest Commission (NAFC) - FAO
20 - 24 September 2021, Oaxaca, Mexico
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#67431th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council
29 October - 3 November 2001, Yokohama, Japan
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#128834th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council
12 - 17 May 2003, Panama City, Panama
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#129035th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council
3 - 8 November 2003, Yokohama, Japan
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#184936th Session of the International Tropical Timber Council
20 - 23 July 2004, Interlaken, Switzerland
News Headlines
#1235582019-12-20
385-million-year-old tree root reveals world's oldest modern forest
The discovery of ancient tree roots in the Catskills, near the town of Cairo, New York, suggests modern forests emerged earlier than scientists thought. Researchers described the 385-million-year-old root system in a new paper, published this week in the journal Current Biology.
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#549238th Session of the European Forestry Commission
2 - 6 November 2015, Engelberg, Switzerland
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#61333rd Carpathian Network of Protected Areas (CNPA) Conference
29 - 30 September 2021, Visegrad, Hungary
News Headlines
#1285112021-05-07
4 Reasons to Value U.S. National Forests
From Maine to California and Florida to Alaska, America’s national forests encompass more than 188 million acres of woodlands, meadows, mountains, and rivers. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service, these lands are a national treasure, rich with ecological, social, cultural, and economic value that ...
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#1304962021-09-20
4 famous giant trees unharmed by Sequoia National Park fire
Four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California's Sequoia National Park, authorities said.
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#611841st Session European Forestry Commission (EFC) - FAO
9 - 12 November 2021
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#25594eme. Session ordinaire de la commission des Forêts d'Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC)
19 - 21 September 2006, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
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#18544th International Canopy Conference
10 - 17 July 2005, Leipzig, Germany
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#7454th International Consultation on "Mountain Forests in 2002: Lessons Learned, Societal Challenges, and a Vision Beyond 2002"
26 - 28 June 2002, Pamplona, Spain
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#12914th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF)
3 - 14 May 2004, Geneva, Switzerland
News Headlines
#1275232021-03-04
5 facts you might not know about why forest biodiversity matters
The Earth’s forests are some of the richest and most biodiverse habitats we have. The Earth’s forests are some of the richest and most biodiverse habitats we have. Not only do they serve as important carbon sinks, but up to 350 million people living in or near them rely on their ecosystems for a ...
News Headlines
#1195122019-01-18
5 reasons to be optimistic about reducing, and reversing, deforestation
Let’s be frank. For those of us who care about deforestation, the last few years have not been good. The latest data tells us we’re losing more tropical tree cover than ever before. The biggest culprit is still commodity agriculture. This is exactly what we, in the Tropical Forest Alliance, are ...
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#1199812019-02-18
5 reasons to protect mangrove forests for the future
To the uninitiated, mangroves might appear to be merely coastal cousins of inland forests, but these rich ecosystems support the planet and people in unique ways, from providing breeding grounds for fish to carbon storage, to protection against flooding.
News Headlines
#1296442021-07-23
5 reasons why tropical forest protection should be central to corporate climate strategies
There is no solution to the climate crisis without ending tropical deforestation. Over the next decade, protecting forests around the world is critical to reaching a 1.5C pathway, while also supporting sustainable development and enhancing biodiversity. Unfortunately, despite recent efforts to r ...
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#1270662021-02-15
500+ experts call on world’s nations to not burn forests to make energy
More than 500 scientists and economists implored world leaders last week to stop treating as emissions-free the burning of wood from forests to make energy and heat, and to end subsidies now driving the explosive demand for wood pellets. Both actions, they write, are causing escalating deforesta ...
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#20065th Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests
16 May 2004 - 27 May 2005, New York, United States of America
News Headlines
#1282632021-04-27
6 guiding principles for successful restoration of tropical forest landscapes
Forest landscape restoration (FLR) has been hailed as one of the most critical and effective solutions to mitigate climate change, conserve and build biodiversity, reverse land degradation and restore and maintain sustainable livelihoods.
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#1320832021-12-07
60% of Nigeria’s forest lost to degradation – Official
The Conservator-General, National Park Service, Dr Ibrahim Goni, said 60 per cent of Nigeria’s valuable forest estate have been lost to degradation.
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#61046th Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Forest Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
13 - 15 April 2021, Rome, Italy
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#6066Meeting
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#549381st Session of the Latin American and Caribbean Forestry Commission (LACFC)
16 - 20 November 2015, Lima, Peru
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#60088th session of the Global Soil Partnership Plenary Assembly (FAO)
4 - 5 June 2020, Rome, Italy
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#61018th technical assessment of REDD+ forest reference (emission) levels (UNFCCC)
22 - 26 March 2021, Online/ virtual, Bonn, Germany
News Headlines
#1198622019-02-08
99 % de la forêt sèche de La Réunion a disparu
La forêt sèche est une forêt située sur le flanc ouest de l’île, du nord au sud. Elle est essentielle sur l’île de part sa biodiversité exceptionnelle. Pourtant elle est menacée d’extinction. Depuis l’arrivée de l’homme sur l’île, elle a perdu 99% de sa superficie. Un projet européen baptisé Lif ...
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#33519th World Wilderness Congress (WILD9)
6 - 13 November 2009, Merida, Mexico
Side Event
#2178COP 10
2010-10-26
A 360° View of Forests: People, Biodiversity, Carbon, and More
Discussions on REDD and other payments for ecosystem services (PES) are showing the need for a holistic approach to forest management. For example, it is now widely accepted that REDD efforts can only be successful if they are built on a strong foundation of good forest governance in resilient a ...
News Headlines
#1264252020-12-22
A Madagascar forest long protected by its remoteness is now threatened by it
The mountainous forests of northern Madagascar are biodiverse beyond measure, containing plant and animal species found nowhere else on the planet. Other forests in Madagascar have been lost in recent centuries and decades, but these have stood the test of time and remained relatively unscathed.
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#1285922021-05-12
A Madagascar-sized area of forest has regrown since 2000
An area of forest larger than Madagascar has regrown around the world since 2000, concludes an analysis published by Trillion Trees, a joint conservation initiative between BirdLife International, WCS, and WWF. The regrowth, covering 58.9 million hectares and representing 22-25 billion trees, co ...
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#1251122020-04-16
A More Sustainable Philly Starts In … Costa Rican Cloud Forests?
Costa Rican cloud forests may not readily have much in common with Philadelphia, but ongoing research connects these two environments more than you may think.
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#1205262019-03-27
A Simplified Model of Water Vapor Exchange in the Amazon
Evapotranspiration is the exchange of water vapor between land and the atmosphere, and it is hard to measure and model. A new study shows promise for its estimation over large, vegetated landscapes.
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#1262522020-12-15
A forest in Sumatra disappears for farms and roads. So do its elephants
Jumar is no stranger to the presence of elephants. Having lived and farmed in the village of Pematang Pudu village in Bengkalis district, in Indonesia’s Riau province, for more than 20 years, he’s seen elephants wandering through his village and fields of sweet potato. And he has never become up ...
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#1210782019-05-16
A global map to understand changing forests
An international collaboration of hundreds of scientists—led in part by the Forest Advanced Computing and Artificial Intelligence (FACAI) Laboratory in Purdue's Department of Forestry and Natural Resources—has developed the world's first global map of tree symbioses.
News Headlines
#1336902022-03-03
A more potent CO2 sink than the Amazon, Brazil’s mangroves remain overlooked
Tropical forests play a fundamental role in storing carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. And while the Amazon rainforest is often top of mind when it comes to stores of CO2, there’s another ecosystem in Brazil that stashes away a much larger amount of carbon pe ...
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#1253232020-04-29
A new era of forest policymaking
Forests and forest-relevant policies in Europe face a wide array of challenges in a rapidly changing world. Issues such as Brexit, the new European Parliament and European Commission, and the recent European Green Deal proposal are certain to affect policymaking, as are the as-yet unknown impact ...
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#1264432020-12-23
A new species of mammal may have been found in Africa's montane forests
Newswise — A research team from the University of Helsinki has discovered a tree hyrax in the Taita Hills, Kenya, which may belong to a species previously unknown to science.The discovery, which was part of a study of the vocalisations of nocturnal animals in the Taita Hills, was published in mi ...
Side Event
#1738COP 10
2010-10-19
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY THE MEASURES WHICH CONSERVE LOCAL LIVING CREATURES (LIVING CREATURE MARK)
In 2008, MAFF started to recommend the utilization of a voluntary eco-label called the “living creature mark”. It applies to agriculture, forestry and marine products produced by the measures which conserve local living creatures. (e.g. rice with oriental white stork mark.). These brands may hel ...
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#2300COP 10
2010-10-27
AN INTERIM MECHANISM TO PROTECT TROPICAL FORESTS (IMPTF) AND SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING COASTAL FORESTS - EXPEDITE MARKET TO CAPTURE CARBON CREDITS, SAVE FOREST BIODIVERSITY AND EMISSIONS, AND STRENGTHEN PROTECTED AREAS THROUGH COMMUNITIES WITHIN CONNECTIVITY CONSERVATION INITIATIVES
IMPTF calls for the introduction of a modified mechanism that would provide funding to qualifying projects existing within established and recognized Connectivity Conservation frameworks (or corridors) which can be regional as well as intra-national (with national approval), at least until count ...
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#1211182019-05-21
AU to launch Africa's forestry management framework in 2020: official
NAIROBI, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Africa's sustainable forestry management framework will be launched in early 2020 to guide the continent in sustainable exploitation of forest resources, an African Union (AU) official disclosed on Monday.
Side Event
#3207COP 12
2014-10-13
Achieving Forest-related Aichi Targets on the Ground: ITTO/CBD Collaborative Initiative for Tropical Forest Biodiversity
Background: A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed in 2010 between the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) and the Secretariat to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), on the occasion of the CBD COP 10 held in Nagoya, Japan. The key purpose of the MOU is to identify ...
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#2624Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity
28 May - 1 June 2007, Rome, Italy
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#1695Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the review of implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity
25 - 29 July 2005, Bonn, Germany
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#2062Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the review of implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity
14 - 16 March 2005, Montreal, Canada