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Forest Valuation and Innovative Financing Mechanisms for Conservation and Sustainable Management of Tropical Forests

20 - 21 March 2002, The Hague, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

Forest and farm producers are critical agents for a healthy planet - GhaFFaP

The Leadership of the Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GhaFFaP) has acknowledged the central role of the forest in ensuring sustainable biodiversity for all forms of lives on the planet.

Recommendation XIV/12

Forest biodiversity: Collaboration with the UNFF secretariat and report on cooperation on the monitoring of forest biodiversity and on clarifying the definitions of forest and forest types

Recommendation XI/11

Forest biodiversity: consideration of matters arising from the implementation of paragraph 19 of decision VI/22

Recommendation XIX/8

Forest biodiversity: role of international organizations in supporting the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets

Recommendation VII/6

Forest biological diversity

Recommendation V/7

Forest biological diversity: status and trends and identification of options for conservation and sustainable use

Forest conservation crucial for bee preservation: ministry

The Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Forestry has said that forest conservation is an important part of efforts to preserve bees, which play an important role in pollination and preserving biodiversity.

Forest conservation project converts bee-burners to beekeepers on Príncipe Island

On the small island of Príncipe in the Gulf of Guinea, a community beekeeping project is empowering communities to obtain honey in a way that doesn't risk their lives.

Forest conservation: How drones can help save our forests from climate change

It’s no secret that the world’s forests are under threat. But while climate change and deforestation are threatening many of the world’s most important woodlands, drones may be key to future forest conservation.

Forest coverage along upper reaches of Yellow River increases in decade

The forest coverage rate in the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Haidong City, Qinghai Province, has increased to 36 percent in 2021 from 28 percent in 2020 since Haidong implemented an ecological conservation strategy a decade ago.

Forest ecosystem backbone of rural economy

The World’s Forests-2020 released by the FAO reports that forestscovered 4.06 billion hectares or approximately 31 per cent of theglobal land area. In India about 21.67 per cent of the geographicalarea is covered by forests.

Forest insect diversity in India - Facts and challenges

Forest insect diversity is also an important component of the forest biodiversity. At most of the occasions, only plant biodiversity is discussed. Most of the workers have carried out the plant biodiversity work in different parts of India. Now a days, an emerging need and trend has been observe ...

Forest loss could make diseases like COVID-19 more likely, according to study

A new study, by the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences at Stanford University has suggested that deforestation could lead to a rise in the occurrence of diseases like COVID-19.

Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change, indigenous leaders warn

The same forest destruction that accelerates climate change can also encourage the emergence of diseases such as the coronavirus, indigenous peoples' leaders said March 13 as they criticized Cargill and other multinational companies for replacing forests with soy, palm and cattle plantations.

Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study

Over the past two decades, orangutan researcher Marc Ancrenaz watched as a tidal wave of oil palm has engulfed his once-forested research sites in northern Borneo. When he would find an orangutan in a patch of forest surrounded by planted palms, he said he figured the animal would soon disappear.

Forest protection efforts earn Indonesia millions

An innovative effort to keep trees in the ground and carbon out of the air is paying dividends in Indonesia — the fifth-highest emitter of carbon dioxide globally.Norway announced on 16 February that it will pay Indonesia for reducing its deforestation by 60 percent in 2017, as compared to 2016. ...

Forest protection: Armed with phones and seeds, jobless Kenyans tackle illegal logging

Standing under a thick green canopy in coastal Kenya's Shim Hills, Mohamed Mwaramuno squints at his fellow forest ranger's smartphone. With about a dozen rangers, he has been using an app that through satellite feeds maps signs of forest fires, illegal logging and people encroaching on water sou ...

Forest report points to opportunity for recovery

When it released its “State of the World’s Forests 2018” report in July, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) seemed to have taken to heart that old corporate PR rule of thumb that in times of crisis you should say “opportunity” rather than “problem.”

Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being

Forests and trees contribute to food security and well-being through provision of ecosystem services, foods, income generation and habitat for wildlife.

Forest soil needs decades or centuries to recover from fires and logging

The 2009 Black Saturday fires burned 437,000 hectares of Victoria, including tens of thousands of hectares of Mountain Ash forest.

Forest soils recovering from effects of acid rain

Before the United States 1970 Clean Air Act, rainfall all over the country was acidic. As precipitation would fall from the sky, it would mix with gases from industrial plants, emissions from cars, and especially coal and fossil fuel consumption. That caused the water to become acidic – also cal ...

Forest soundscapes monitor conservation efforts inexpensively, effectively

Recordings of the sounds in tropical forests could unlock secrets about biodiversity and aid conservation efforts around the world,according to a perspective paper published in Science.

Forest, Tree Cover In India Increased By 2,216 Sq Km In 2 Yrs; Andhra Added The Most

India's total forest and tree cover is now spread across 80.9 million hectares, which is 24.62 per cent of the geographical area of the country.

Forest-dependent communities of Odisha find LPG an unnecessary, unaffordable luxury

Cooking gas is an unnecessary luxury, said Simaru Kandi from Musapada village in Odisha’s Puri district. “Nature has given us all resources to lead a bountiful life,” explained Simaru. “Whenever we need firewood, we go, pick some dry branches from the forest near the village. At other times we u ...

Forest-friendly chocolate

Sougue Kadjatou is a 45-year-old farmer who lives with her husband and two children in Agboville, a village in Côte d’Ivoire.

Forest-killing bark beetles also might help ecosystem, experts say

DENVER, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Tiny bark beetles the size of a black bean have killed entire mountainsides of pine trees in the western U.S, but ecologists and forest managers disagree about whether they are a pest or a boon to wildlife ecosystems.

Forestry sector cultivates SDG action plan

With scrutiny around corporate strategies related to deforestation intensifying, a select group of companies representing the forestry sector have published the latest in a series of industry-specific guides meant to help meaningful corporate action take root.

Forests and Forest Ecosystems: Promoting Synergy in the Implementation of the Three Rio Conventions

5 - 7 April 2004, Viterbo, Italy

Forests and people are intertwined for development

“Forests and people are intertwined. Humans rely on forests for their basic needs: clean air, food, water, and raw materials for medicine, shelter and clothing.” This was stressed by Dr. Theresa Mundita S. Lim, Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity, on the occasion of the Inter ...

Forests and the products they provide have a key role in securing sustainable energy globally, while at the same time being essential for biodiversity, healthy ecosystems, and climate change mitigation.

Forests are crucial to the sustainable management of water ecosystems and resources, and water is essential for the sustainability of forest ecosystems. Let us work together and redouble our efforts to ensure that our forests remain healthy now and for generations to come.

Forests are essential for cities around the world. Forest ecosystems provide water and other critical services on which cities depend.

Forests can take decades to recover from fire

Wildfires and logging are sytematically ravaging the world's forests. While some loss makes way for regeneration, scientists warn that woodland takes a painfully long time to really recover.

Forests for Life Asia Pacific Forests Workshop

23 - 26 September 2002, Bali, Indonesia

Forests go into growth 'overdrive' to recover from drought

One in 12 people could face severe drought every year by 2100, according to a recent study. And water stored on two-thirds of the Earth's land surface will shrink as the climate warms. As plant ecologists, we're concerned with what that means for forests—one of the largest carbon sinks and bigge ...

Forests in Sustainable Mountain Development - Risks and Watershed Management

9 - 13 June 2003, Galtuer, Austria

Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited

Nowhere is nature more vibrant than in Earth’s tropical forests. Thought to contain more than half of all plant and animal species, the forests around Earth’s equator have sustained foragers and farmers since the earliest days of humanity.

Forests on the radar

With freely available radar data from satellites, biodiversity in forests can be analysed very well. In Nature Communications, researchers report that biodiversity even of tiny insects can be reliably modeled from space.

Forests support jobs and encourage biodiversity. But they’re under threat

Forests are beautiful, home to a diverse range of wildlife, and play an important role when it comes to looking after the world we live in.

Forests the size of France regrown since 2000, study suggests

An area of forests larger than mainland France has regrown around the world since the turn of the new millennium, a new analysis suggests.

Forests: A key piece of the land and climate puzzle (commentary)

The vital contribution of forests in protecting biodiversity, regulating the climate, and enhancing human well-being is being recognized as never before.

Forests: an unrecognized force for adaptation to climate change

Trees are known climate change mitigators, but scientists now push their power to adapt.

Forgotten Forests

Let’s start at the beginning – or, at least the beginning according to what evidence we have. The world’s first trees are believed to be the Archaeopteris, fern-like trees that grew into 10-meter-high forests across the terrestrial Earth some 360 million years ago during the Late Devonian Period.

Forêt : une restauration rapide, mais dans le désordre

La nature reprend ses droits quand des terres déboisées ne sont plus exploitées. Une forêt, dite secondaire, se réinstalle. Mais à quel rythme ? Et dans quelle mesure ressemble-t-elle à une forêt primaire ?

Fourth Ministerial Conference on The Protection of Forests in Europe

28 - 30 April 2003, Vienna, Austria

Fourth meeting of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity, FAO Rome, Italy from 28 May to 1 June 2007.

Reference: SCBD/STTM/RK/LJ/56180 (2007-034)
To: CBD National Focal Points SBSTTA Focal Points of the Asia-Pacific Region

I am pleased to announce that the fourth meeting of the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on the Review of Implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity will take place from 28 May to 1 June 2007 in Rome, Italy, at the Headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organiz ...

From destruction to rejuvenation: When forest fires are a good thing

Fires can be catastrophic in rainforests such as the Amazon, but they don't necessarily spell disaster everywhere — sometimes they help replenish ecosystems.

From seeds to forests: How one man is growing Thailand’s future

Nopporn Nontapha had always wanted to take care of forests, but this dream was initially shattered when the Thai government rejected his application for a forestry job. Thirty years later, though, he’s managed to grow a vast network of over 30,000 tree-planting volunteers across Thailand, all be ...

Fruit bats 'vitally important' to Guam's forests

Seed dispersal on Guam, a crucial process for regenerating and diversifying the island's forests that has significantly declined with the diminishing bird population, is still being carried out by the few remaining Mariana fruit bats, or fanihi, a University of Guam graduate student confirmed in ...