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GEF support for forests
The GEF is bringing its long history of support for forests to a key United Nations forum in New York this week. The twelfth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF12), composed of all Member States of the UN and specialized agencies, is looking at various ways to protect, sustainably manage and increase the world’s forest area.
Three videos you need to watch now if you care about forests
Apart from being invaluable in connecting us to nature, forests provide resources that we depend on for our livelihoods – food, fuel, water, and habitats for birds and animals. Also, forests maintain Earth’s biodiversity, water resources, protect soil, and play an important role in climate change mitigation by storing carbon.
$400 million fund launched in Davos to stop tropical deforestation and boost farming
Norway announces fund that will raise $400 million by 2020 and could lead to over $1.6 billion in deforestation-free agriculture investments. Fund will protect 5 million hectares in countries that are working to reduce deforestation and forest and peat degradation
Silvicultura en Yucatán: Incorporación de las cuestiones de biodiversidad y promoción del desarrollo
En Quintana Roo, en la península de Yucatán, la comunidad de Noh-Bec posee más de 24 000 hectáreas de tierra, la mayor parte de las cuales está forestada; se trata de una combinación de tierras utilizadas para la silvicultura sostenible de bajo impacto, la conservación y la agricultura tradicional.
Forestry in Yucatan: Mainstreaming biodiversity and promoting development
In Quintana Roo on the Yucatan Peninsula, the community of Noh-Bec owns over 24,000 hectares of land, much of it forested – a mix of land used for low-impact sustainable forestry, conservation, and traditional agriculture.
Saving forests for future generations on #IntlForestDay and beyond
These days, one might think understanding the importance of forests for our planet should not be hard - even a fifth grader knows that forests are the lungs of the Earth. Yet despite this common knowledge, the world’s forest area continues to decrease at alarming rate due to the expansion of agriculture, timber production, urbanization, and road construction. According to the last Global Forest Resources Assessments released last year by FAO, each year more than 7 million hectares of natural forests are lost and 50 million hectares of forestland are burned.
New Project Focuses on the Atlantic Forest of Southeastern Brazil
Early this year, implementation began for an integrated project dealing with climate, biodiversity and disaster risk reduction in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil.
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