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… United Nations vision is of a world in which all types of forests and trees outside forests are sustainably managed, … for Forests 2017-2030 ). The joint ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section supports developing evidence-based policies … provided to society while assisting countries of the region to monitor and manage forests. …
UN Cooperation in the UNECE Region
… among United Nations organizations. In the UNECE region, more than 30 United Nations organizations pool … has become standard practice in the region. Read more … Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE …
… Forest Resource Assessment (FRA) 2020 Regional Workshop for North America, Europe, the … (FRA) is the main source of information on the state of the forests globally. It contains information on the forest … Organization, FOREST EUROPE, the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Montréal Process and the United …
INFOREST – your pathway to data on forests in the UNECE region
… efforts to protect, maintain, and sustainably manage our forests. However, too often, data on forests is scarce, … in the UNECE region, the Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section is aiming to change this with a new online … extends the scope of the FAO Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) online database, and a more general discussion on the …
Forests in Europe and North America are growing but remain vulnerable to threats
… gathered in Geneva to review the status of and trends in forests and forest resources in Europe and North America, … from the FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) and consider the preliminary findings from the … Conference. Preliminary findings are available at: http://timber.unece.org/index.php?id=326 Fig. 1. Change of forest …
Countdown to the 2020 global and European forest assessments
… Forests are fundamental to sustainable development, from … generations. The FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) is the main source of information on the state of the … Organization, FOREST EUROPE, the International Tropical Timber Organization, the Montréal Process and the United …
… will be providing expert insight into the key role of forests in a broad spectrum of areas. Participants will also … findings of the Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) 2010 and overviews of planned programming activities … actors in European forestry, but in particular with the Timber Committee of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, …
… (FAO) said in its 2020 Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) report published this week. The report, whose … supported by experts from the Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, shows that on the contrary to global trends, … did not take place: around 6.4 million hectares of forests have been converted to other land uses in UNECE …
… and expectations from the global and regional reporting on forests and sustainable forest management” and directions … of Specialists on Monitoring SFM, in cooperation with FAO FRA Secretariat, FOREST EUROPE Liaison Unit Bonn and UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, organized a webinar, with the participation …
… Data collection and reporting in the UNECE region consists of (a) collection, validation and dissemination of forest statistics on: resources, products, functions and … sector to a green economy; (b) assessment of the state of forests, sustainability of forest management and forest …
… forest-related communication Meetings Side Event "State of Forests of the Caucasus and Central Asia" during the 14th … 2018 Regional Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) workshop for North America, Europe, the Caucasus and … Economic Affairs Officer Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section [email protected] ← Forestry and Timber … …
Supporting cooperation to address forest damage and disturbance in the UNECE region
… Challenges and uncertainties to the state of the world’s forests and their future are growing. This summer, Europe … burnt to the ground, but crops were also destroyed and infrastructure was damaged, not to mention the impact on … Background The joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section supports developing evidence-based policies …
Sustainable management increases Forests' carbon sequestration function in the UNECE region
… The UNECE region hosts an incredibly vast forested area: 1.89 billion … the size of the whole European Union. This vast body of forests plays a very important role in climate change … on UNECE Forests, coordinated by the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, show that this mitigating effect is most …
Timber Committee renamed “Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry”
… Economic Commission for Europe has changed the name of the Timber Committee to “Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry” in order to better reflect … as a key sector in guiding the transition of the UNECE region towards a stronger and greener economy. For more …
UNECE/FAO Regional Forest Information Week
… and meetings, revolving around the issue of information on forests and forest products in the UNECE region, including: … and the past: Overview of twenty years of SFM based on FAO FRA 2010 and preliminary findings from SoEF 2011 Status … on ToS priorities and recommendations to the UNECE Timber Committee and the FAO European Forestry Commission …
UNECE launches new data platform for forests in the region
… Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FRA2020 ), the UNECE region has been one of few regions where forest area has … conditions, dynamics, and the use of over 1.7 billion ha of forests in the UNECE region is regularly collected by …
Regional workshop on the State of Forests for the Caucasus and Central Asia
… Rationale The Regional Workshop on the State of Forests in the Caucasus … national reports for Global Forest Resources Assessments ( FRA 2020 ). National correspondents from the eight Caucasus …
Every tree counts: Past, present and future of forests in the UNECE region and beyond (9th May 2022)
… are key to provid ing the necessary data for comprehensive regional forecasts. These evolving trends for forest … platform developed by the Joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section provides up-to-date data on forests and the forest sector in an interactive format. This …
Forest ownership in the UNECE region
… and 18.3% of population. The region’s share of the world’s forests in 2015 is one percentage point more than ten years … ownership is often explained using the “bundle of rights” framework (Schlager and Ostrom, 1992). The bundle of rights … was developed jointly by the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section in cooperation with COST Action FACESMAP and …
Joint FAO/UNECE Working Party on Forest Economics and Statistics, 26th session
… resource assessment (focus on organization and direction of regional FRA work) PDF 5 Guidance of work area 3: Forest sector … Strategic Review of the integrated programme of work of the Timber Committee and the European Forestry Commission PDF …